# Accident 20160830025229A: Cessna 172N, Winchester, VA, August 30, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2016, 12:30 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1436° N, 78.1444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1436&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2462E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2462E) (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: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA460](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA460) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160830025229A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES ON RWY 14 AT WINCHESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT.  PILOT MADE A STEEP DESCENT AND DURING LANDING HE BOUNCED 4 TIMES BEFORE VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY AND HITTING A RWY LIGHT.  THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE PROP AFTER IT STRUCK THE RWY AND THE FIREWALL WAS DAMAGED.

## 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 GAA16CA460](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA460), Aug 30, 2016: Cessna 172 (N2462E), Winchester, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's incorrect pitch control during the landing flare, which resulted in a porpoise, a loss of directional control, and a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N2462E (1)

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

- [Incident 20130716013469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130716013469I), Jul 16, 2013: Cessna 172N (N2462E), Martinsburg, WV, Minor damage. During takeoff and landing practice the student pilot ran off the left side of runway 26 at Martinsburg, WV (mrb) resulting in minor damage to propeller.

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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