N72TN is a 1976 Cessna R172K. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 4 seats, powered by a Cont Motor IO-360 SER rated at 300 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Ada, OK. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Sep 1976. It has been registered to its current owner since May 2006. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 50 years old
- 1 of 672 Cessna R172K
2006
1976
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The flight instructor was demonstrating a landing to the student when the airplane landed “very hard”, bounced once and then landed on the nose gear. The flight instructor immediately shut down the engine and discovered the control yoke was jammed in the full aft position. The hard landing caused substantial damage to the forward firewall and the lower forward fuselage which jammed the elevator control mechanism. The two occupants were not injured and immediately exited the airplane..
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