- Date
- May 11, 2005, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Caldwell, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64815Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050511009609A
- Case key
- 61461
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot reported that the airplane was "high" during landing, and as he crossed the threshold of the runway, he "cut the power." The student pilot then flared the airplane, and it bounced 2-3 times on the runway, collapsing the nose gear.
Factual narrative
On May 11, 2005, at 1630 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N64815, was substantially damaged while landing at the Essex County Airport (CDW), Caldwell, New Jersey. The student pilot was not injured, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local solo instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The student pilot reported that the airplane was "high" during landing, and as he crossed the threshold of runway 22, he "cut the power." The student pilot then flared the airplane, and it bounced 2-3 times on the runway, collapsing the nose gear.
Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed substantial damage to the nose section of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64815
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275631
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Caldwell Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- Lurie Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Destination
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Airport
- CDW · Essex County Airport, runway 22, 4,553 × 80 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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 20 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- CDW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.