- Date
- April 10, 1982, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Holbrook, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46125Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820410008699A
- Case key
- 71046
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot was on his first solo flight. During the first touchdown, the aircraft bounced to the right. The student reported that after bouncing, the airspeed deteriorated as the aircraft floated and settled to the right. The aircraft struck sagebrush and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46125
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257056
- Airframe hours
- 3,228
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Errol K. Slade
- Registered owner
- Errol K. Slade
- Departed
- P14 · Holbrook, AZ
- Destination
- P14 · Holbrook, AZ
- Airport
- P14 · Holbrook Municipal, runway 11, 3,300 × 140 ft, dirt
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.