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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Lubbock, TX · July 3, 2015

Date: July 3, 2015 · 12:27 local
Place: Lubbock, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6326J
NTSB investigation: NTSBGAA15CA162
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 48 total48 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N6326JRegistration cancelled May 31, 2018 · Cessna 172NS/N 17273864 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On July 3, 2015, at 1227, a Cessna CE-172-N aircraft bearing registration number N6326J, registered to hub city aviation inc., was operated by a student pilot on a solo cross country flight. The student was returning to Lubbock, Texas, where the flight originated, and was cleared to land on runway 35L by Lubbock air traffic control. The plane bounced during the landing and subsequently impacted the runway causing damage to the nose wheel and propeller, and the engine firewall, while landing on klbb runway 35L at 1227 local time. The aircraft was operated by a student pilot on a solo cross country visual flight rules (VFR) flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the student pilot sustained no injuries. The flight originated from lbb to 2F5 to snk to lbb. The flight departed snk to lbb on July 3, 2015, at 1115 local time approximately.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 3, 2015, AT 1227, A CESSNA CE-172-N AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N6326J, REGISTERED TO HUB CITY AVIATION INC., WAS OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE STUDENT WAS RETURNING TO LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WHERE THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED, AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35L BY LUBBOCK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. THE PLANE BOUNCED DURING THE LANDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER, AND THE ENGINE FIREWALL, WHILE LANDING ON KLBB RUNWAY 35L AT 1227 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LBB TO 2F5 TO SNK TO LBB. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SNK TO LBB ON JULY 3, 2015, AT 1115 LOCAL TIME APPROXIMATELY.

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 GAA15CA162Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLubbock, TXThe student pilot's improper flare during landing which resulted in abnormal runway contact and damage to the firewall.Jul 3, 2015 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N6326J · 1

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

Incident 19960104001299IFinal Approach · Tucson, AZNarrative: upon landing at Tucson int'l airport, on runway 11L, [privacy data omitted] this incident was witnessed by the FSDO operations inspector who in turn counselled the pilot on how to avoid wake turbulence produced by heavy aircraft when operational in…Jan 4, 1996 · Minor damage