Cessna 172N N1061X
21 June 2010 · Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 June 2010 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N1061X, operated by High Altitude Flying Club LLC, was involved in an accident near Maryland Heights, Missouri, 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 17:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Creve Coeur Airport (1H0)
- Coordinates
- 38.7267, -90.5081
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N
- Registration
- N1061X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- High Altitude Flying Club LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Creve Coeur → Creve Coeur
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN10CA336
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he was practicing takeoffs and landings and that the first two landing were normal. On the third landing the airplane landed hard and bounced, so the pilot performed a go-around. The subsequent landing was good, but the pilot noticed a shimmy in the nosewheel. Postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed that the nosewheel bearing and firewall were damaged.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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