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MIA95LA122

1995-04-29 · CLEARWATER, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PIE

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER REMEDIAL ACTION AFTER THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED DURING THE LANDING FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN.

Factual narrative

On April 29, 1995, about 1257 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172, N96EP, registered to Vector I Air Service, made a hard landing at St. Petersburg-Clearwater Airport, Clearwater, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated from Hernando, Florida on April 29, 1995, about 1230. The pilot stated that during landing flare the aircraft ballooned. He lowered the nose and the aircraft landed hard on the nose landing gear. The nose tire blew out and the nose landing gear collapsed. The aircraft then nosed down and the right wing contacted the ground. DURING LANDING FLARE THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED. THE PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE OVER AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDING HARD ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1995_MIA95LA122.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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