- Date
- February 24, 2023, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ephraim, UT · 49U
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84717Cessna 172K
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20230224002139A
- Case key
- 106788
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare and loss of directional control.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The solo student pilot reported that, during landing, he “rounded out a little too late” and the airplane bounced after touchdown. The airplane settled back to the runway, left of the centerline, and veered to the left. The student attempted to correct with right rudder, and full engine power to abort the landing, however, the airplane continued to the left side of the runway and collided with a snowbank. The airplane nosed over coming to rest inverted. The right wing, vertical stabilizer, and rudder sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84717
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256513
- Built
- 1969
- Airframe hours
- 8,801
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Worldwide Warbirds Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 10, 2023 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- KPVU · Provo, UT
- Destination
- 41U · Ephriam, UT
- Airport
- 41U · Manti-Ephriam, runway 21, 5,021 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 73.6 total · 73.6 in this make and model · 8.6 as pilot in command · 20.6 in the last 90 days · 13.1 in the last 30 days · 2.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 3010.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 41U
- METAR
- METAR K41U 241915Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR M03/M07 A3009 RMK AO1 T10261074=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 23, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.9 MB in all.
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 N84717 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.