CEN18WA161

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172 · Hagfors, Sweden · April 22, 2018

Accident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
April 22, 2018, 12:40 local (12:40 UTC)
Place
Hagfors, Sweden
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
SE-EHICessna 172
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
Weather
Visual (VMC)
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Parties
FreeFlight Systems, Swedish Accident Investigation Authority
Case key
97177

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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.

Abnormal runway contactLanding-flare/touchdownAll aircraft: 1,506 casesDefining event

Factual narrative

On April 22, 2018, at 1240 coordinated universal time, a Cessna F172E single-engine airplane, Swedish registration SE-EHI, serial number F172-0039, encountered soft terrain and nosed over upon landing at Hagfors Airport (ESOH), near Hagfors, Sweden. The student pilot was not injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Swedish Government and further information may be obtained from: Statens Haverikommission (Swedish Accident Investigation Authority) P.O. Box 6014 SE-102 31 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 8 508 862 00 Fax: +46 8 508 862 90 Email: info@havkom.se Webpage: www.havkom.se This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority.

Aircraft

Registration
SE-EHI
Reported as
Cessna 172 (E)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
F172-0039
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Hagfors Flyghlubb
Registered owner
Hagfors Flyghlubb
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
ESOH · Hagfors
Destination
ESOH · Hagfors
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
ESOH · Hagfors Airport

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC)