- Date
- April 29, 1999, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Blair, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5336RCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990429043019A
- Case key
- 46294
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged landing flare.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he was practicing takeoffs and landings, and air work in a mild crosswind. He said turbulence caused by a grove of trees to the east end of the runway caused the airplane to float, and then drop.
Factual narrative
On 29 April 1999, at 1030 central daylight time, a Cessna 172, N5336R, operated by Trew Aero Inc., was substantially damaged during a hard landing. The student pilot on a solo flight landed hard and the airplane's firewall was bent. The student pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight had departed Eagle Airport, Blair, Nebraska, on a local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot reported that he was, "... practicing takeoffs and landings, and air work in a mild crosswind. Turbulence caused by a grove of trees to the east end of the runway caused the aircraft to float and then drop."
The student pilot's total flight experience was 63 flight hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5336R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263522
- Airframe hours
- 5,027
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Trew Aero Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1999 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- K26
- Airport
- K46 · Blair Airport, runway 13, 3,100 × 50 ft
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 61 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
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 N5336R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.