# Accident 20150328005079A: Cessna 172S, Vernal, UT, March 28, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2015, 10:00 local time
- Place: Vernal, UT
- Airport: Vernal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4461° N, 109.5108° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4461&lon=-109.5108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2168D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2168D) (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: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150328005079A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  ON HIS FIRST APPROACH THE PILOT SAID HE HAD TO MUCH AIRSPEED THROUGHOUT THE APPROACH AND LANDING AND HIT FAIRLY HARD.  HE THEN BEGAIN TO PORPOSE.  AFTER BOUNCING A COUPLE OF TIMES THE PILOT DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND.  HE MADE A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT THEY NOTICED HE HAD DONE SOME DAMAGE TO THE NOSE STRUT.  AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION THEY FOUND HE HAD CREASED THE FIREWALL.

## 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 GAA15CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA026), Mar 28, 2015: Cessna 172S (N2168D), Vernal, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain attitude control during landing flare.

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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