Cessna 172 N737WA
11 July 2020 · Pickens, South Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 July 2020 at about 17:40 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N737WA was involved in an accident near Pickens, South Carolina, 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 17:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pickens, South Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pickens County (LQK)
- Coordinates
- 34.8100, -82.7028
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N737WA
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1977
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Greenville → Pickens
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA20CA249
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's improper landing flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, 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 student pilot reported that while practicing touch and go landings, he “came in a little faster than normal” on the 7th landing. During touchdown, the airplane bounced several times, each bounce “harder/higher” than the previous. He attempted to perform a abort the landing but the nose landing gear struck the ground “hard” and the propeller struck the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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