20180124006549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Mckinney, TX · January 24, 2018

Date
January 24, 2018 · 11:00 local
Place
Mckinney, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9520Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA143
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
29 total24 in this make and model16 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, privacy data omitted ,was coming in to land N9520Z at tki with engine power at aproximately 1700 RPM at 74 knots. She stated that she was a little high and tried to desend. The aircraft, she now believed, was too fast as she crossed the numbers of the runway. She bounced the aircraft 3 times and the nose landing gear collapsed. Aircraft stopped and ground maintence called. No injuries reported

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ,WAS COMING IN TO LAND N9520Z AT TKI WITH ENGINE POWER AT APROXIMATELY 1700 RPM AT 74 KNOTS. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS A LITTLE HIGH AND TRIED TO DESEND. THE AIRCRAFT, SHE NOW BELIEVED, WAS TOO FAST AS SHE CROSSED THE NUMBERS OF THE RUNWAY. SHE BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT 3 TIMES AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT STOPPED AND GROUND MAINTENCE CALLED. NO INJURIES REPORTED

NTSB investigation

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