# Accident 20141023019869A: Cessna 172S, Hawthorne, CA, October 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2014, 12:45 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9109° N, 118.3404° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9109&lon=-118.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N564AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N564AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 51 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15CA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141023019869A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT FIRST SOLO, UPON LANDING AIRCRAFT BOUNCED 3 TIMES AND LANDED HARD ON NOSE GEAR, PROP STRUCK GROUND. WAS ABLE TO TAXI. DAMAGE TO PROP, GEAR, SKIN AND FIRE WALL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR15CA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA028), Oct 23, 2014: Cessna 172 - S (N564AT), Hawthorne, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a loss of aircraft control and subsequent hard landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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