Skip to content

NYC93LA105

1993-06-08 · PROVINCETOWN, Massachusetts, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PVC

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO RECOVER FROM A BOUNCED LANDING AND TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE NOSING OVER. IMPROPER LANDING FLARE IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS COMPLETING THE SECOND LEG OF A THREE LEG CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. WITH NO RESPONSE FROM UNICOM AND OBSERVING OTHER AIRPLANES LANDING, THE STUDENT ELECTED TO FOLLOW THE OTHERS AND LAND ON RUNWAY 07. THE STUDENT PILOT LISTENED TO THE AWOS AND THOUGHT THERE WAS A CROSSWIND FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AND NOSED OVER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1993_NYC93LA105.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

Matched on aircraft type. All research papers