# Accident 20000412040279A: Cessna 172N, St Louis, MO, April 12, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6491° N, 90.5792° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6491&lon=-90.5792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5909E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5909E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000412040279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN THE AIRPORT PATTERN. ON HER FOURTH APPROACH SHE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRIMMED FOR AN APPROXIMATE 60-65 KNOT APPROACH.  SHE BELIEVES THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR THEN BEGAN TO PORPOISE.  SHE APPLIED PARTIAL POWER TO ATTEMPT A RECOVERY WHICH AGGRAVATED THE OSCILLATIONS.  SHE EVENTUALLY GOT THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE BUT WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE VIBRATIONS.  SHE ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY FOR A FULL STOP LANDING.  SHE CALLED THE TOWER WHO HAD BY THEN ALL READY NOTIFIED THE FBO OF THE SITUATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA117), Apr 13, 2000: Cessna 172N (N5909E), Chesterfield, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudged the landing flare which resulted in the airplane porpoising on the runway during the landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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