- Date
- March 9, 1992, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98662Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920309005719A
- Case key
- 27574
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged landing flare and her improper bounced landing recovery technique. Contributing factors were the airplane's excessive approach airspeed and the student's lack of experience.
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 performing her second supervised solo instructional flight. The student reported that she lost control of the airplane during the third of three landings. She indicated that although her landing approach had been 'stabilized' the airspeed was 'excessive,' and upon touchdown the airplane bounced. The student's flight instructor, who observed the mishap, reported that a 'severe porpoise action' commenced during the landing. The firewall was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98662
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276331
- Airframe hours
- 7,119
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ate Of New York, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 7, 1992 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- SMO · Santa Monica Muni, runway 21, 4,987 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.