20161008024649A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Argyle, NY · October 8, 2016

Date
October 8, 2016 · 14:01 local
Place
Argyle, NY
Airport
Argyle Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3943F
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA018
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
283 total271 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

privacy data omitted Pilot of N3943F. He stated that the purpose of the flight was his bfr. The CFI was privacy data omitted. As they approached Argyle Airport from the NE, the CFI initiated a simulated engine failure. privacy data omitted Believed that he could not put the aircraft in a position to land on runway 21. He decided to continue to runway 03. As they turned from base to final on runway 03 he felt the aircrafts speed was ?too slow? And heard the stall warning horn. The CFI told him he was too slow. The aircraft made an extremely hard landing. As the aircraft touched down, full power was added. The aircraft veered off the runway, through a gully and impacted a tree. The impact witht the tree caused the aircraft to flip tail over nose. It came to rest upside down.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT OF N3943F. HE STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS HIS BFR. THE CFI WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AS THEY APPROACHED ARGYLE AIRPORT FROM THE NE, THE CFI INITIATED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BELIEVED THAT HE COULD NOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A POSITION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21. HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO RUNWAY 03. AS THEY TURNED FROM BASE TO FINAL ON RUNWAY 03 HE FELT THE AIRCRAFTS SPEED WAS ?TOO SLOW? AND HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN. THE CFI TOLD HIM HE WAS TOO SLOW. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EXTREMELY HARD LANDING. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, FULL POWER WAS ADDED. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, THROUGH A GULLY AND IMPACTED A TREE. THE IMPACT WITHT THE TREE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP TAIL OVER NOSE. IT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

NTSB investigation

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