- Date
- October 20, 1995, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ormond Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N913ATCessna 172Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19951020033799A
- Case key
- 37934
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to execute a go-around. Contributing to the accident were: the student pilot's high, fast approach and his misjudgment of the flare during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated that while on final approach the airplane was high and the airspeed was fast. The airplane touched down, bounced, porpoised, and the nose gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On October 20, 1995, about 1430 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172Q, registered to Sheltair Daytona Beach, Inc., was substantially damaged while landing at the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, Ormond Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The student pilot was not injured. The flight originated about 1323 from the Daytona Beach Regional Airport, Daytona Beach, Florida.
The pilot stated that the flight entered the traffic pattern on the downwind leg, turned base then final. While on final approach the flight was high and the airspeed was fast. The airplane then touched down, bounced, began to porpoise, and landed hard collapsing the nose landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N913AT
- Reported as
- Cessna 172Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275928
- Airframe hours
- 13,115
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4N, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Phoenix East Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sheltair Daytona Beach, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 6, 1995 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Destination
- OMN
- Airport
- OMN · Ormond Beach Municipal, runway 35, 3,701 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 29 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.