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| Date: | Saturday 26 January 2008 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | American Pilot Services |
| Registration: | N65329 |
| MSN: | 172S9702 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2072 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Westiminster, Maryland -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Westminster-Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field, MD (KDMW) |
| Westminster-Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field, MD (KDMW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot stated he was in left closed traffic for landing. He flared the airplane high, landed hard, and the airplane began to porpoise down the runway. The propeller collided with the runway and the firewall was buckled. The student pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper flare.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA08CA068
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 March 2016 | N65329 | Empire Aviation And Leasing | 0 | Frederick Municipal Airport, MD (FDK/KFDK) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 09:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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