Pilot Debrief

Cessna 172 near Pickens, SC — 2020-07-11

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Date
2020-07-11
Location
Pickens, SC, USA
Airport
LQK
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N737WA
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The student pilot's improper landing flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that while practicing touch and go landings, he “came in a little faster than normal” on the 7th landing. During touchdown, the airplane bounced several times, each bounce “harder/higher” than the previous. He attempted to perform a abort the landing but the nose landing gear struck the ground “hard” and the propeller struck the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB coding

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