Cessna 172 N2473G

Summary

On 29 June 2016 at about 12:45 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N2473G, operated by Frederick Flight Center, was involved in an accident near Frederick, Maryland, 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.

Date

29 June 2016 at 12:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Frederick Muni (FDK)

Coordinates

39.4175, -77.3744

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N2473G

Category

Airplane

Year built

2001

Engines

1

Operator

Frederick Flight Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Frederick → Frederick

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA16CA343

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the touch down resulting in a bounced landing, subsequent hard landing and substantial damage to the firewall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot of the tricycle landing gear-equipped airplane reported that he executed a normal approach to the asphalt runway. He recalled that the airplane touched down on the main landing gear and bounced. He reported that when the airplane settled to the runway after it bounced, the nose gear struck the ground hard. The student pilot taxied the airplane to the ramp per the control tower's instruction and shut down. A post flight examination of the airplane by the flight school revealed substantial damage to the firewall. The student pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane during the flight that would have prevented normal flight operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.