ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133660
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| Date: | Friday 25 April 1997 |
| Time: | 13:42 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Squadron 2 |
| Registration: | N63754 |
| MSN: | 17275478 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7409 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Jose, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KSJC) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident occurred during the student's first supervised solo flight, which was observed by the student's certified flight instructor. The student's first two attempted landings terminated in go-arounds. During the next two approaches the student performed touch-and-go's, and the fifth approach terminated with another go-around. The accident occurred during the following attempted landing. The student made a hard bounced touchdown, ballooned 50 to 75 feet into the air and attempted to initiate a go-around. The student reduced the wing flap setting, increased the angle of attack, and the airplane stalled and rolled into a steep left bank and descended until contacting the ground. Thereafter, it cartwheeled and came to rest in a nose down attitude in an open field near the control tower. The student indicated that he should not have retracted the wing flaps so quickly while initiating the go-around.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to preclude stalling following an improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's premature and excessive flap retraction and misjudged landing flare.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX97LA167
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2013 06:09 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 08-Apr-2024 15:51 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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