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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Laverne, CA · July 22, 2016

Date: July 22, 2016 · 11:30 local
Place: Laverne, CA
Airport: Brackett Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N960MS
Reported as: Cessna 172S
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 28 total28 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N960MSRegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S8859 · Built 2001 Airframe modelCessna 172S Engine modelLycoming IO-360-L2AReciprocating

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What happened

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

Aircraft landed on runway 26R at Brackett Field, Laverne CA. Upon landing, the student pilot experienced a hard landing, became airborn again, landed hard a second time, became airborn again, landed a third time and became airborn again. The pilot then attempted to land on runway 8R but was going to fast. The pilot then continued outbound, turned and made a safe landing on runway 26L. During the initial landings on runway 26R, the aircraft struck the ground in a nose down attitude causing the propeller to strike the ground and damage to the aircraft firewall from nose gear attach points.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 26R AT BRACKETT FIELD, LAVERNE CA. UPON LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING, BECAME AIRBORN AGAIN, LANDED HARD A SECOND TIME, BECAME AIRBORN AGAIN, LANDED A THIRD TIME AND BECAME AIRBORN AGAIN. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 8R BUT WAS GOING TO FAST. THE PILOT THEN CONTINUED OUTBOUND, TURNED AND MADE A SAFE LANDING ON RUNWAY 26L. DURING THE INITIAL LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 26R, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FIREWALL FROM NOSE GEAR ATTACH POINTS.