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February 21, 1999 · Cessna 172P · N65770

Pelion, SC

Overview

Report Status
Final with probable cause
Event Type
Accident
Date
February 21, 1999
Injury Outcomes
No injuries (1 uninjured)
Location
Pelion, SC
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Tail Number
N65770
Injuries
None
Aircraft Damage
Substantial
NTSB Number
MIA99LA090

The student pilot's second solo touch-and go-landing resulted in a bounced landing and violent nose wheel shimmy. He pulled slight back pressure to unload his nose wheel and lost directional control off the left side of the runway. The airplane collided with an intersecting taxiway, and collapsed the nose landing gear. Subsequent FAA examination revealed no discrepancies in the landing gear, braking, or steering systems.

NTSB Probable Cause

The pilot's loss of directional control during landing roll as a result of improper recovery from a bounced landing and the subsequent excursion from the runway, collision with the adjacent terrain, and collapse of the nose landing gear.

Full Narrative

On February 21, 1999, about 1625 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172P, N65770, registered to Eagle Aviation, Inc., operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed on landing to runway 35 at Pelion Corporate Airport, Pelion, South Carolina. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 5 minutes before the accident. According to the student's CFI, the student and himself had just completed a 1-hour 12-minute dual instructional flight with eight landings, and the accident was the student's second solo touch-and-go landing. The CFI, an eyewitness to the occurrence, stated a right crosswind developed causing the airplane to drift left during flare. The pilot lost directional control and exited the runway off the left side. The runway excursion caused the nose landing gear to collapse and the propeller to strike the ground. According to the student, his second solo landing resulted in a bounced landing, and as he added power for takeoff, the nose wheel shimmied violently. He then slightly rotated to take the weight off the nosewheel, as instructed, and drifted off the left side of the runway. The airplane encountered a crossing taxiway and collapsed the nose landing gear. According to the FAA inspector, subsequent examination of the aircraft revealed that the nose landing gear folded back against the belly of the airplane damaging the firewall. The nosewheel and fork assembly broke from the strut assembly, and was laying next to the airplane. There was no report of any malfunction of the landing gear, steering, or braking systems.

Flight

Event TypeAccident
Event Time16:25 EST
Nearest AirportPelion Corporate Airpark (1nm)
Runway35
Runway Length4335 ft
Runway Width60 ft
Flight Plan FiledNone
Aircraft FireNo
Aircraft ExplosionNo

Aircraft

AircraftCessna 172P
Tail NumberN65770
Aircraft CategoryAir
DamageSubstantial
Operating RulePart 91
Engines1
Engine TypeReciprocating
Engine DetailsLycoming · O-320-D2J · Reciprocating · 160
Seats4

People & Injuries

Injury SummaryNo injuries (1 uninjured)
Fatal0
Serious0
Minor0
Uninjured1
Total1
Crew 1Age 30 · Third Class

Conditions

ConditionsVMC
LightDaylight
Wind340° @ 9 kt, gusting 19 kt
Visibility7 sm
CeilingBroken clouds 5500 ft
Temperature / Dew Point43 C / 19 C
Altimeter30.00 inHg
Observation Time21:00
Weather SourceWFAC

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