Plane Crash List

Cessna 172P N106JK

11 February 2010 · Fort Pierce, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 February 2010 at about 22:15 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N106JK, operated by ARI BEN Aviator Inc, was involved in an accident near Fort Pierce, 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 22:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Fort Pierce, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
Saint Lucie County (FPR)
Coordinates
27.4975, -80.3703
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N106JK
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Fort Pierce → Fort Pierce
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ERA10CA143

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot stated that he was practicing touch-and-go landings prior to the accident. On his seventh landing he misjudged the flare, porpoised, and landed hard on the main landing gear. The airplane bounced and then landed on the nose gear. He applied full throttle and initiated a go-around. He returned to the airport and made an uneventful landing on another runway. Upon exiting the runway he realized that he did not have directional control of the airplane. Subsequent examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the firewall and forward lower fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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