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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Renquist George GS-2 SPORTSMAN · Hawthorne, CA · August 7, 2024

Date
August 7, 2024 · 19:10 local
Place
Hawthorne, CA
Airport
Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Mu
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N552GC
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR24LA272
Reported as
Renquist George GS-2 Sportsman
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
13,278 total2 in this make and model72 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While practicing a short field landing during an instructional flight the student allowed the airspeed to decay to the point the aircraft stalled near the surface of the runway. The aircraft landed hard causing damage to the right main landing gear assembly and strut, the right-wing tip and the engine propeller.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD LANDING DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE STUDENT ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO DECAY TO THE POINT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY AND STRUT, THE RIGHT-WING TIP AND THE ENGINE PROPELLER.

NTSB investigation

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