- Date
- September 11, 1990, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dillon, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5345DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900911039069A
- Case key
- 41283
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Probable cause
Pilot misjudged the flare that resulted in a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a student solo cross country flight, while approaching the runway for landing, the student reported that he flared too high over the runway and the plane bounced. The airplane veered off the runway and collided into a fence. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5345D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272533
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Iverson, Paul
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DLN · Dillon, runway 16, 6,500 × 75 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
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N5345D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.