# Accident 20160420022019A: Cessna 172N, Camarillo, CA, April 20, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2016, 11:45 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2136° N, 119.0944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2136&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6616D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6616D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160420022019A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR SUPERVISING. ON THE SECOND LANDING THE STUDENT APPROACHED THE RUNWAY FAST WITH A HIGH SINK RATE AND BOUNCED. THE STUDENT THEN MISMANAGED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE. AFTER SEVERAL PORPOISE CYCLES THE NOSE STRUT FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO TAXI CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 GAA16CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA202), Apr 20, 2016: Cessna 172 (N6616D), Camarillo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's incorrect pitch control input, resulting in a porpoise during landing and substantial damage to the airplane's firewall.

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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