Pilot Debrief

Cessna 172 near Prattville, AL — 2020-07-05

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Date
2020-07-05
Location
Prattville, AL, USA
Airport
1A9
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N173ME
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

NTSB narrative

The solo student pilot had not flown recently and reported that he planned to complete a refresher flight. During the first landing of the flight, on the final approach, the airplane's glide path was "too high and too steep," and he flared the airplane too late. The airplane then landed nosewheel first and bounced twice. The pilot aborted the landing, landed again, then returned to his home airport. Postaccident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the fuselage was substantially damaged. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB coding

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