What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On January 7, 2026, at approximately 1400 local time, a Cessna 172N aircraft was involved in an accident during an instructional flight maneuver to simulate an engine-out emergency after rotation. The pilot proceeded to take off on runway 17 and after rotation started to perform the flight maneuver to simulate an engine out. Upon descending for landing on runway 17, the pilot maintained control of the aircraft, however, during touchdown, the aircraft experienced a hard landing, which resulted in the nose landing gear bending forward. Pilot was able to continue maintating control to taxi the aircraft back to ramp with no further incident.
As the FAA filed it
ON JANUARY 7, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 172N AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT MANEUVER TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE-OUT EMERGENCY AFTER ROTATION. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 17 AND AFTER ROTATION STARTED TO PERFORM THE FLIGHT MANEUVER TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE OUT. UPON DESCENDING FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 17, THE PILOT MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER, DURING TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BENDING FORWARD. PILOT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MAINTATING CONTROL TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO RAMP WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N5136E · 1
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