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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172R · Beaver, PA · March 23, 2018

Date
March 23, 2018 · 09:15 local
Place
Beaver, PA
Airport
Beaver County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operator
FB8S
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N987AV
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA175
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
34 total34 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.

Upon landing both wheels touched the surface, left wheel lifted off the surface and aircraft corrected to the right and struck a snow pile on the east side of taxiway bravo. Crossed the taxiway and struck another snow pile on the west side of taxiway bravo, bounced in the grass breaking off the nose gear and came to rest in the grass area between taxiway b and c. student pilot was flying at a CFR part 141 school however was training under CFR part 61.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING BOTH WHEELS TOUCHED THE SURFACE, LEFT WHEEL LIFTED OFF THE SURFACE AND AIRCRAFT CORRECTED TO THE RIGHT AND STRUCK A SNOW PILE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TAXIWAY BRAVO. CROSSED THE TAXIWAY AND STRUCK ANOTHER SNOW PILE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TAXIWAY BRAVO, BOUNCED IN THE GRASS BREAKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN TAXIWAY B AND C. STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING AT A CFR PART 141 SCHOOL HOWEVER WAS TRAINING UNDER CFR PART 61.

NTSB investigation

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