GARY, IN, USA
N20735
CESSNA 182P
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO HIM, HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE OVER THE THRESHOLD DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED AND THE PLANE FLOATED FOR SOME DISTANCE AS HE BROUGHT THE CONTROL COLUMN BACK. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT THEN DROPPED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT MADE A GO-AROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED SAFETY. HIS INSTRUCTOR, WHO OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT, BELIEVED THAT A THERMAL CAUSED THE PLANE TO FLOAT. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, NOSE WHEEL FIRST, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE, THEN THE STUDENT MADE A GO-AROUND. AFTER THE FLIGHT, AN EXAM REVEALED THE LOWER FIREWALL WAS DAMAGED. THE STUDENT RPRTD THAT THE WIND WAS VARIABLE AT 8 GUSTING 15 KTS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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