Cessna R172E N7881N

Summary

On 28 June 2023 at about 18:33 local time, a Cessna R172E registered N7881N was involved in an accident near Alamogordo, 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

28 June 2023 at 18:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Alamogordo/White Sands Regiona (ALM)

Coordinates

32.8390, -105.9918

Aircraft

Cessna R172E

Registration

N7881N

Category

Airplane

Year built

1967

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR23LA365

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during the landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that during the landing roll, he felt a shimmy in the front of the airplane. He pulled back on the yoke to lighten the weight on the nose. The shimmy didn’t reduce, so he pulled the yoke back further, which caused the airplane to porpoise and land hard. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the floor and fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.