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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172R · Burlington, VT · July 5, 2023

Date: July 5, 2023 · 03:25 local
Place: Burlington, VT
Airport: Burlington International
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: 6VFS
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N64AF
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN23LA292
Reported as: Cessna 172R
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 260 total121 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N64AFRegistered now · Cessna 172RS/N 17280069 · Built 1997 Airframe modelCessna 172R

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What happened

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On July 05, 2023, at 3:25PM local time, a flight instructor was performing/demonstrating a short field landing with a student pilot at the Burlington Vermont airport kbtv to runway 01 in a Cessna 172 aircraft. The demonstrated short field landing approach to the runway was too high and too fast stated by the flight instructor, causing the aircraft to float beyond the touch down point in ground effect. The flight instructor pushed the yoke forward to force the aircraft onto the ground, causing the aircraft to bounce twice, and causing unknown damage at that time to the nose wheel. The instructor pilot initiated a go around after the second bounce and returned to make a normal landing. As the aircraft touched down on landing, the nose wheel broke off, causing the aircraft to skid to the right of the runway centerline, and stopping on the runway edge.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 05, 2023, AT 3:25PM LOCAL TIME, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS PERFORMING/DEMONSTRATING A SHORT FIELD LANDING WITH A STUDENT PILOT AT THE BURLINGTON VERMONT AIRPORT KBTV TO RUNWAY 01 IN A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT. THE DEMONSTRATED SHORT FIELD LANDING APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY WAS TOO HIGH AND TOO FAST STATED BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLOAT BEYOND THE TOUCH DOWN POINT IN GROUND EFFECT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE TWICE, AND CAUSING UNKNOWN DAMAGE AT THAT TIME TO THE NOSE WHEEL. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND AFTER THE SECOND BOUNCE AND RETURNED TO MAKE A NORMAL LANDING. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AND STOPPING ON THE RUNWAY EDGE.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CEN23LA292Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBurlington, VTThe student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.Jul 5, 2023 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N64AF · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20011020039492AGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Kissimmee, FL(-23) The aircraft was taxiing in after landing and had stopped to yield to another aircraft on an intersecting taxiway (per ATC instructions), when it was struck from behind by a taxiing SNJ-6, N453WA, that had landed just after the 172. The SNJ-6 PIC…Oct 20, 2001 · Substantial damage