- Date
- October 30, 1990, 14:16 local (22:16 UTC)
- Place
- Torrance, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9592VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901030047479A
- Case key
- 27050
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Probable cause
The student pilot failed to properly flare the airplane, made an improper recovery from the subsequent bounced landing. Contributing to this accident was the student pilot's total lack of experience and his improper use of the rudder.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Before departing on the accident flight the student pilot received about a half-hour of dual instruction from a CFI. The CFI reported that the student pilot executed 9 touch & go takeoffs and landings in a competent manner and he allowed the student to perform his initial solo flight. On the first solo landing the student pilot improperly flared and the airplane bounced and began to porpoise. The student failed to properly recover from the bounced landing and when the porpoise stopped the airplane was angled toward the right side of the runway. The student improperly applied excessive left rudder and inadvertently entered into a ground loop, exited the left side of the 150-FT wide runway and collided with the soft terrain and nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9592V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264394
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ben Bow Aviation
- Departed
- TOA
- Airport
- Torrance Munic., runway 29R, 5,000 × 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 22 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.