ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179477
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| Date: | Sunday 4 July 2004 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N38RA |
| MSN: | 17249058 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4133 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pottstown Municipal Airport (N47), Pottstown, Pennsylvania -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pottstown, PA (N47) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot initiated a short field takeoff, with 20 degrees of flaps. He rotated the airplane at 40-50 knots, and as the airplane climbed, he began to hear the stall warning horn. The pilot reported that the airplane handled "sluggishly," and at 400 feet, he retracted the flaps to 10 degrees. He initiated a left turn back to the runway, and the airplane touched down first on the nose wheel, and then began to porpoise down the runway. The airplane bounced several times, and about the second or third bounce, the landing gear collapsed and the propeller came in contact with the ground. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane. Additionally, he reported 150 hours of total flight experience, 1 hour of which was in the make and model of the accident airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040715X00981&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2015 14:30 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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