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FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Mansfield, OH · April 8, 2017

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Date
April 8, 2017 · 14:34 local
Place
Mansfield, OH
Airport
Mansfield Lahm Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
IKBS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N140SU
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
568 total453 in this make and model93 in the last 90 days
N140SURegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S11563 · Built 2015Airframe modelCessna 172SEngine 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.

The flight was a cross country from kosu to kmfd to kzzv to kosu. During the approach into kmfd the aircraft was in a normal position for a

Normal landing. Once N140SU was over the runway, power was reduced to idle and aircraft was leveled off to decrease airspeed. Once the plane began to sink towards the runway the student began to flare, but as we flared to decrease sink rate and land on the main landing gear, the sink rate increased. The student then pulled back harder on the yoke, before the instructor was able to correct the action we heard the tail scrape the runway.

At that point we came to a complete stop and instructed tower we wanted to taxi to the ramp. After seeing the tail tie down was missing we informed tower that they would need to inspect the runway for FOD and then

We informed the Ohio state flight school of the occurrence. Corrective action is currently being performed in house. The student is going to perform recurrent training to ensure that an occurrence like this does not

Happen again and the flight instructor has scheduled to perform additional training with another instructor at the flight school.

As the FAA filed it

THE FLIGHT WAS A CROSS COUNTRY FROM KOSU TO KMFD TO KZZV TO KOSU. DURING THE APPROACH INTO KMFD THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NORMAL POSITION FOR A

NORMAL LANDING. ONCE N140SU WAS OVER THE RUNWAY, POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE AND AIRCRAFT WAS LEVELED OFF TO DECREASE AIRSPEED. ONCE THE PLANE BEGAN TO SINK TOWARDS THE RUNWAY THE STUDENT BEGAN TO FLARE, BUT AS WE FLARED TO DECREASE SINK RATE AND LAND ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE SINK RATE INCREASED. THE STUDENT THEN PULLED BACK HARDER ON THE YOKE, BEFORE THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THE ACTION WE HEARD THE TAIL SCRAPE THE RUNWAY.

AT THAT POINT WE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND INSTRUCTED TOWER WE WANTED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. AFTER SEEING THE TAIL TIE DOWN WAS MISSING WE INFORMED TOWER THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO INSPECT THE RUNWAY FOR FOD AND THEN

WE INFORMED THE OHIO STATE FLIGHT SCHOOL OF THE OCCURRENCE. CORRECTIVE ACTION IS CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED IN HOUSE. THE STUDENT IS GOING TO PERFORM RECURRENT TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT AN OCCURRENCE LIKE THIS DOES NOT

HAPPEN AGAIN AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAS SCHEDULED TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL TRAINING WITH ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR AT THE FLIGHT SCHOOL.