Plane Crash List

Cessna 172P N99341

8 April 2002 · McKinney, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 April 2002 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N99341 was involved in an accident near McKinney, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
McKinney, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Mc Kinney Muni (TKI)
Coordinates
33.1778, -96.5931
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N99341
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Addison → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW02LA147

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the student pilot's failure to properly recover from a bounced landing which resulted in the airplane porpoising. A contributing factor was the student pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a bounced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After the 27-hour student pilot and a flight instructor completed approximately 12 landings, the flight instructor exited the airplane. The student pilot then taxied the airplane and departed for his first solo flight. During the third touch and go landing, the pilot reported that the airplane "flared more than usual." The pilot added power; however, the nose wheel struck the runway. Subsequently, the airplane bounced on the runway approximately 4 to 6 times before coming to a stop.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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