Accident · 2003-07-10
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-07-10
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S (N787WW)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- WESTWIND AVIATION INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Westwind Aviation
Probable cause
The student's misjudged landing flare and inadvertent entry into a porpoise pilot-induced oscillation.
Source: NTSB case LAX03CA248Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.