Cessna 172S N378FA
21 November 2003 · Orlando, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 November 2003 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N378FA, operated by Air Orlando Flight School, was involved in an accident near Orlando, Florida, 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 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Orlando, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Orlando Excecutive Airport (ORL)
- Coordinates
- 28.5456, -81.3328
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S
- Registration
- N378FA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Air Orlando Flight School
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Ocala → Orlando
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA04CA028
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilots improper landing flare and his improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a hard landing and damage to the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot was on approach to runway 7, with 30 degrees of flaps. He flared and felt a gust or quick jolt to the left, and the airplane slammed into the runway nose first and bounced. The airplane came down at about a 45-degree angle to the runway and touched down, then drifted to the left. The pilot was instructed by ground control to taxi to the ramp. The airplane suffered damage to the nose wheel, propeller, and firewall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 18 Jan 2003 | Cessna 172 | Chesapeake, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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