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CEN12CA054

2011-11-03 · Woodward, Oklahoma, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport KWWR

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The student pilot’s hard landing and subsequent loss of directional control.

Factual narrative

The student pilot, on this fourth solo flight, was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane. During the landing, the student pilot landed hard and was unable to recover from the bounced landing. The airplane’s right wing impacted the runway and the airplane subsequently ground looped. During the accident, the airplane’s fuselage and right wing sustained substantial damage. An examination of the airplane following the accident revealed no pre-impact anomalies with the airplane. The student pilot landed the tailwheel-equipped airplane hard and was unable to recover from the bounced landing. The airplane’s right wing impacted the runway, and the airplane ground looped, sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. An examination of the airplane following the accident revealed no preimpact anomalies with the airplane. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • C Personnel issues-Task performance-(general)-(general)-Student pilot - C

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2011_CEN12CA054.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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