NTSB CAROL · Event
Event WPR23LA365
Registry · N7881N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA R172E
Year of manufacture
1967 · 56 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19671202
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAB0C6
Registrant of record
U S AIR FORCE-OWNER
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during the landing.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing roll, he felt a shimmy in the front of the airplane. He pulled back on the yoke to lighten the weight on the nose. The shimmy didn’t reduce, so he pulled the yoke back further, which caused the airplane to porpoise and land hard. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the floor and fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2023_WPR23LA365.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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