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Corporate Owned: 137,281
Chemehuevi Valley Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Chemehuevi, California 92363
Wednesday, July 7, 2004 7:00 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The student pilot bounced the airplane upon touchdown and lost directional control with a prevailing quartering tailwind. The airplane veered off the side of the runway, rolled into an embankment, and nosed over. Days earlier, the student's certified flight instructor had authorized the student to practice takeoffs and landings at the airport. The accident occurred after the student had flown for about 50 minutes. During his third landing on the 5,000-foot-long by 75-foot-wide runway 34, with 20 degrees of wing flaps extended, the pilot encountered a quartering tailwind. The airplane initially touched down on its left main landing gear. Thereafter, the airplane bounced, and the right main landing gear contacted the runway. Although the student increased engine power and pulled the control yoke aft, his overall efforts to maintain control were inadequate. From 8 minutes before to 12 minutes after the accident, the wind direction and speed were reported at an airport 5 miles from the site as varying from 150 to 190 degrees, and from 3 and 6 knots. No wind gusts were reported. The student's total solo flying experience was 13 hours.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, inadequate compensation for the wind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/7/2004 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 700 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Chemehuevi |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92363 |
| Event Date Year | 2004 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 343103N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1142505W |
| Event Location Airport | Chemehuevi Valley |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 49X |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 631 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 702 Mountain Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 44 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | HII |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 781 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 5 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 91 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 39 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 170 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.84 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 16378 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 8 2004 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1114 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 29 2004 1:02PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | WP-FSDO Riverside, CA |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N734PW |
| NTSB Number | LAX04CA255 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | 172N |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 17269016 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2550 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 8 2004 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 24 |
| Airframe Hours | 2887 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Michael J. McAndrew |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Lake Havasu City |
| Aircraft Owner State | AZ |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 86406 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | 49X |
| Departure City | Chemehuevi |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 610 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | HII |
| Destination City | Lake HavasuCity |
| Destination State | AZ |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing - roll |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 27 2004 5:28PM |
| User who most recently changed record | COOS |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 34 |
| Runway Length | 5000 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |