- Date
- February 23, 1995, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737TCCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950223002349A
- Case key
- 19358
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Probable cause
The pilot's delayed landing flare and the improper bounced landing recovery.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a touch and go landing, the aircraft began to bounce and oscillate following touchdown. The solo student pilot applied full power to go around at which point the propeller struck the runway. Having accomplished the go-around, the pilot noticed that the yoke was 'not responsive' and landed the airplane without further incident. Post-landing inspection revealed deformation of the firewall and the tunnel structure behind the firewall, a bent propeller and nose gear, and damage to the stringers near the main gear box.
Factual narrative
On February 23, 1995, at 1030 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172N, N737TC, was substantially damaged during landing at Santa Fe, New Mexico. The solo student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local supervised solo instructional flight.
The pilot reported that, while making a planned touch and go landing on runway 20 at the Santa Fe Municipal Airport, she "bounced the landing" and "the plane began to oscillate." Full power was added to go around and the pilot believes that it was at this point the propeller struck the ground. Having accomplished the go-around, the pilot noticed that the yoke was "not responsive" and landed the airplane without further incident.
Post-landing inspection by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed deformation of the firewall and the tunnel structure behind the firewall, a bent propeller and nose gear, and damage to the stringers near the main gear box.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737TC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269654
- Airframe hours
- 3,957
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air West Aviation
- Registered owner
- Schlesinger, James & Hank
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 18, 1994 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- SAF
- Airport
- SAF · Santa Fe Municipal, runway 20, 6,304 × 150 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.