Cessna 172 N1046F

Summary

On 26 January 2018 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N1046F was involved in an accident near Silver City, New Mexico, 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

26 January 2018 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Silver City, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Whiskey Creek (94E)

Coordinates

32.7556, -108.2097

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N1046F

Category

Airplane

Year built

1980

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Safford → Silver City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA112

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that, while landing during a solo flight, a wind gust pushed the airplane to the right side of the runway, and he was "unable to recover." The airplane landed hard, bounced, and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and empennage. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. A review of recorded data from the automated weather observation station located 8 nautical miles south-southeast from the airport revealed that, about 5 minutes before the accident, the wind was from 280° at 12 knots, gusting to 16 knots. The airplane landed on runway 35.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.