# Accident 20171114021109A: Textron 172S, Columbus, OH, November 14, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2017, 11:12 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Ohio State University
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IKBS
- Location: 40.0778° N, 83.0681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0778&lon=-83.0681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30SU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30SU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171114021109A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOTS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. ON LANDING #3 OF A SERIES OF TOUCH AND GO'S THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED FLAT, BOUNCED UP, CAME DOWN NOSE FIRST ON THE SECOND BOUNCE AND HEARD A THUMP, WENT TO FULL POWER AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND. ON TAKE OFF, THE STALL HORN WENT OFF, STUDENT LOWERED THE NOSE RAISED THE FLAPS 1 NOTCH. THE STUDENT NOTICE THE YOKE SEEMED FURTHER AFT THAN EXPECTED. LANDED AND TAXIED BACK. THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED DURING ACFT TIE DOWN.

ONLY ONE OF THE PROP BLADES WERE DAMAGED, THE TIP BEING IMPACTED AND BENT AFT. THE BULKHEAD/FIREWALL AND NOSE LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT WAS BUCKLED SEVERELY UPWARDS AND BACKWARDS INTO THE CABIN CAUSING FLOOR BOARDS ON BOTH PILOT AND COPILOTS SIDES TO BECOME BUCKLED AND DISTORTED. THE IMPACT DAMAGED THE STRUCTURE MEMBERS BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SEVERELY ENOUGH TO CAUSE BINDING OF THE YOKES AND FLIGHT CONTROLS.

## 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 GAA18CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA046), Nov 14, 2017: Textron 172 (N30SU), Columbus, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a porpoise.

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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