20170126000549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182N · Midland, TX · January 26, 2017

Date
January 26, 2017 · 17:32 local
Place
Midland, TX
Airport
Midland International Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N38EE
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA129
Reported as
Cessna 182N
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
69 total9 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Student pilot practicing take offs and landings, bounced and landed on the nose wheel. The nose gear buckled the firewall and the cabin floor boards, bent the engine mount and propeller struck the runway.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS, BOUNCED AND LANDED ON THE NOSE WHEEL. THE NOSE GEAR BUCKLED THE FIREWALL AND THE CABIN FLOOR BOARDS, BENT THE ENGINE MOUNT AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.