# Accident 20020405007489A: Cessna 172S, Phoenix, AZ, April 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2002, 18:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3512T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3512T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 7,087 total, 10 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020405007489A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE PILOT SAID THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE THROUGH THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO THE FLARE FOR LANDING. THE PILOT SAID, "DURING FLARE, BLINDED              MOMENTARILY BY SUNLIGHT, DIFFICULTIES TO JUDGE ALTITUDE ABOVE RWY          (RUNWAY) CORRECTLY. FLARED TOO HIGH." THE PILOT SAID HE KEPT THE NOSE      THE AIRPLANE UP TO PROTECT THE NOSEWHEEL. HE SAID, "... SPEED BLED OFF     ... RESULTING IN HEAVY BUMPS ONTO THE RWY TOGETHER WITH STALL WARNING.     THE PILOT SAID THAT AFTER 3 OR 4 BUMPS, THE AIRPLANE STAYED ON THE         RUNWAY. THE PILOT THEN TAXIED TO THE RAMP. THE PILOT CONCLUDED, "I         SIMPLY LANDED THE AIRPLANE TOO HIGH DUE TO THE LIGHTING CONDITIONS AND     MY LANDING PICTURE BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE LANDING AN AIRBUS A340." THE     PILOT ALSO CONCLUDED IN RECOMMENDATIONS HE PROVIDED THAT HE GET MORE       LANDINGS "TO GET THE RIGHT PICTURE DURING (THE) FLARE." A POST-ACCIDEN     EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.                    (-23) PILOT MADE HARD LANDING RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR, FIREWALL, LOWER FLOOR PANELS, CENTER COLUMN STRUCTURE AND LOWER FORWARD FUSELAGE AREA.

## 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 LAX02LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA133), Apr 5, 2002: Cessna 172S (N3512T), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot flaring the airplane too high above the runway causing a stall and resulting in the hard landing. Factors relating to the accident were the light conditions (dusk) and the pilot's lack of…

## Other reports on N3512T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070131000599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070131000599I), Jan 31, 2007: Cessna 172S (N3512T), Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During climb on an instructional flight aircraft struck a large bird. Aircraft returned to the airport.

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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