- Date
- August 19, 2004, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carlsbad, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N849SPCessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20040819021479A
- Case key
- 59959
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Probable cause
the student pilot's inadequate flare resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the tailwind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the student pilot, the airplane landed hard on runway 14 and bounced. During the second touch down, the airplane's propeller struck the runway. The student pilot taxied the airplane clear of the runway and shut down the engine. An examination of the airplane revealed that the nose landing gear was displaced aft and the airplane's firewall was buckled. At 1053 and 1153, the reported wind conditions at CNM were, 320 degrees at 11 knots, and 350 degrees at 9 knots, respectively.
Factual narrative
On August 19, 2004, at 1130 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N849SP, piloted by a student pilot, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Cavern City Air Terminal (CNM), Carlsbad, New Mexico. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The solo cross-country instructional flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot was not injured. The flight to Carlsbad, originated at Hobbs, New Mexico, at approximately 1045.
According to the student pilot, the airplane landed hard on runway 14 and bounced. During the second touchdown, the airplane's propeller struck the runway. The student pilot taxied the airplane clear of the runway and shut down the engine. An examination of the airplane revealed that the nose landing gear was displaced aft and the airplane's firewall was buckled.
At 1053 and 1153, the reported wind conditions at CNM were, 320 degrees at 11 knots, and 350 degrees at 9 knots, respectively.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N849SP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258757
- Airframe hours
- 1,644.9
- Engine
- Lycoming Io-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Great Southwest Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 2004 · 23.6 hours before
- Departed
- HOB · Hobbs, NM
- Destination
- ROS · Roswell, NM
- Airport
- CNM · Cavern City Air Terminal, runway 14L, 4,615 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 19
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 12 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KCNM
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 N849SP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.