- Date
- June 23, 2000, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4919GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000623036389A
- Case key
- 49499
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Probable cause
the student pilot failed to properly flare the airplane while landing. A factor associated with the accident was the student pilot's lack of total experience.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was making his first solo flight when the accident occurred. He stated that while inspecting the airplane after the first landing it was discovered that the propeller had contacted the ground. He also stated that the nose gear wheel bearing was 'out'. Inspection of the airplane revealed the nose gear, propeller, and firewall were damaged during the accident.
Factual narrative
On June 23, 2000, at 1000 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 172N, N4919G, operated by a student pilot, was substantially damaged during a landing on runway 18 (3,999' x 75', asphalt) at the Greenville Airport, Greenville, Illinois. The student pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 solo instructional flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight had originated from the Greenville Airport, at 0950 cdt.
The pilot was making his first solo flight when the accident occurred. He stated that while inspecting the airplane after the first landing it was discovered that the propeller had contacted the ground. He also stated that the nose gear wheel bearing was "out".
An inspector from the Springfield, Illinois, Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards District Office stated that inspection of the airplane revealed the nose gear, propeller, and firewall were damaged during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4919G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273466
- Airframe hours
- 6,422
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Langa Aircraft Resources, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 2000 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- GRE · Greenville, IL
- Airport
- GRE · Greenville, runway 18, 3,999 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.