20150430006549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Pacoima, CA · April 30, 2015

Date: April 30, 2015 · 11:34 local
Place: Pacoima, CA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N65813
NTSB investigation: NTSBGAA15CA063
Reported as: Cessna 172P
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 18 total18 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N65813Registered now · Cessna 172PS/N 17275896 · Built 1983 Airframe modelCessna 172P Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The accident occurred during the student pilot?s first solo flight. The student flew with the flight instructor for about one hour the day of the accident. After an hour of instruction, the instructor and the student pilot did two traffic patterns at whiteman airport. The instructor then got out of the airplane to let the student solo in the traffic pattern.

On the first landing the aircraft porpised and bounced several times on the runway. The second landing had the same results. The tower at whitman airport suggested for the student pilot to taxi back to the hanger after the second landing. The damage was not discovered until may 6, 2015.

As the FAA filed it

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE STUDENT PILOT?S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. THE STUDENT FLEW WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. AFTER AN HOUR OF INSTRUCTION, THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT DID TWO TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT WHITEMAN AIRPORT. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE TO LET THE STUDENT SOLO IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.

ON THE FIRST LANDING THE AIRCRAFT PORPISED AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE RUNWAY. THE SECOND LANDING HAD THE SAME RESULTS. THE TOWER AT WHITMAN AIRPORT SUGGESTED FOR THE STUDENT PILOT TO TAXI BACK TO THE HANGER AFTER THE SECOND LANDING. THE DAMAGE WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL MAY 6, 2015.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB GAA15CA063Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportLos Angeles, CAThe student pilot's failure to maintain attitude control during the landing flare, resulting in a hard landing.Apr 30, 2015 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N65813 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20190702008839ITakeoff: Departure Roll · Corvallis, ORPilot in command lost control of the CE-172 airplane during a planned touch and go maneuver on runway 35 at Corvallis Municipal Airport (kcvo). The airplane stopped off the left side of the runway incurring minor damage during the incident.Jul 2, 2019 · Minor damage Incident 19861125070219IFinal Approach · Fresno, CADeteriorating weather caused VFR pilot to request landing assistance. Pilot not familiar with radio light switch.Nov 25, 1986