- Date
- May 30, 2014, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bluffton, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5495KCessna 172P
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20140530007589A
- Case key
- 89357
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in a hard landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student pilot was attempting to land when a gust of wind lifted the right wing which caused the airplane to move to the left. The student pilot said that he did not properly flare while trying to realign the airplane on the runway and the airplane landed hard. This resulted in a blown tire along with damage to the propeller and firewall. The pilot reported no pre-mishap mechanical deficiencies.
Factual narrative
The student pilot was attempting to land when a gust of wind lifted the right wing which caused the airplane to move to the left. The student pilot said that he did not properly flare while trying to realign the airplane on the runway and the airplane landed hard. This resulted in a blown tire along with damage to the propeller and firewall. The pilot reported no pre-mishap mechanical deficiencies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5495K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P (P)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274160
- Built
- 1980
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320 SERIES, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pegasus Aviation Group LLC
- Registered owner
- Pegasus Aviation Group LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 5G7 · Bluffton, OH
- Destination
- 5G7 · Bluffton, OH
- Airport
- 5G7 · Bluffton Airport, runway 05, 4,126 × 75 ft
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- FDY, 13 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 26, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 413 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5495K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.