- Date
- July 16, 1996, 08:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6600HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960716017899A
- Case key
- 38050
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Probable cause
the student pilot's improper level off during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated he rounded out high, landed hard, bounced about 5 feet in the air, and then the airplane collided with the ground in a nose down attitude. The airplane then veered off the left side of the runway into the grass, nosed over, and came to rest inverted.
Factual narrative
On July 16, 1996, about 0855 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N6600H, registered to OCAV Inc; operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed on landing at the Orlando Country Airport, Orlando, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from the Orlando Country Airport about 10 minutes before the accident.
The student pilot stated he rounded out high, landed hard, bounced about 5 feet in the air, and the airplane collided with the ground in a nose down attitude. The airplane veered to the left, off the left side of the runway into the grass, nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Examination of the airplane by maintenance personnel revealed nose wheel damage consistent with a hard landing, blowing the nose wheel tire, and fracturing the wheel rim and hub.
Personnel from Orlando Country Aviation inc., stated the student pilot would not cooperate in assisting them in completing the NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6600H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-65502
- Airframe hours
- 6,930
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ocav Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1996 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- X-04
- Airport
- X04 · Orlando Country, runway 33, 3,000 × 30 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Observed at
- MCO, 10 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.
Other investigations on N6600H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.