Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
NTSB analysis
The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings with a flight instructor. The instructor reported that, upon landing when the airplane was about 2 feet above the runway, the pilot made a down elevator input because he believed that the airplane had ballooned. The instructor stated that he had been guarding the flight controls and he immediately corrected by inputting up elevator, but the airplane impacted the runway in a flat attitude. A postaccident examination revealed that the airplane's firewall was buckled.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN12CA045 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Oct 25, 2011
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Lebanon, Ohio
- Nearest airport
- Lebanon-Warren County Airport (I68)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Engineering & Research 415-C
- N-number
- N93415
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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