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| Date: | Friday 6 October 2006 |
| Time: | 10:07 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Glendale Aviation |
| Registration: | N97811 |
| MSN: | 17276232 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Glendale, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Glendale Municipal Airport, AZ (KGEU) |
| Glendale Municipal Airport, AZ (KGEU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane landed hard, veered off the runway, and impacted a sign. Earlier, the student pilot and the certified flight instructor had performed a series of takeoffs and landings at the airport. Based upon the reported wind during the accident flight, the crew had experienced an 82-degree left crosswind at 12 knots, with gusts to 18 knots. An examination of the airplane revealed damage consistent with an overload/overstress type of failure to nose gear components due to a hard touchdown nose gear first, which resulted in a loss of steering capability.
Probable Cause: the student's inadequate compensation for the gusting crosswind and inadequate flare that resulted in a hard landing. The certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight is also causal.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX07CA007
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 January 1987 | N97811 | Fort Wainwright Flying Club | 0 | Chena Hot Sprgs, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Oct-2022 18:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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