What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) After applying full (40 degree) flap pilot allowed airspeed to fall below sustainable flight limits during landing resulting in a high rate of descent and hard landing. Pilot stated the aircraft bounced twice, and he WA unable to apply enough power to recover from the hard landing on the second bounce. Aircraft landed on the nose gear resulting in the propeller striking the ground, and substantial damage to the aircraft engine firewall, engine mount, nose gear, and tire/wheel assembly. (.19) on August 9, 2002, at 1015 central daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N73461, registered to skyhawk services inc., operated by mc aviation as a title 14 CFR part 91 personal flight, landed hard on runway 05 at the Enterprise Municipal Airport, Enterprise, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from mobile, Alabama, at 0825. The pilot stated he was landing to runway 05. He lowered the flaps to the full down position and the airplane encountered a high sink rate. He did not add sufficient power to arrest the sink rate, the airplane collided hard with the runway, and bounced to about 6 feet in the air. The airplane collided with the runway a second time, bounced, impacted the runway in a nose down attitude and bounced again. He subsequently landed the airplane and taxied to the ramp. Upon exiting the airplane, he noticed that both propeller blades tips were curled. Further examination revealed that the firewall was buckled.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AFTER APPLYING FULL (40 DEGREE) FLAP PILOT ALLOWED AIRSPEED TO FALL BELOW SUSTAINABLE FLIGHT LIMITS DURING LANDING RESULTING IN A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT AND HARD LANDING. PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE, AND HE WA UNABLE TO APPLY ENOUGH POWER TO RECOVER FROM THE HARD LANDING ON THE SECOND BOUNCE. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND, AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE FIREWALL, ENGINE MOUNT, NOSE GEAR, AND TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY. (.19) ON AUGUST 9, 2002, AT 1015 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N73461, REGISTERED TO SKYHAWK SERVICES INC., OPERATED BY MC AVIATION AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 05 AT THE ENTERPRISE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA, AT 0825. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS LANDING TO RUNWAY 05. HE LOWERED THE FLAPS TO THE FULL DOWN POSITION AND THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A HIGH SINK RATE. HE DID NOT ADD SUFFICIENT POWER TO ARREST THE SINK RATE, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED HARD WITH THE RUNWAY, AND BOUNCED TO ABOUT 6 FEET IN THE AIR. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY A SECOND TIME, BOUNCED, IMPACTED THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND BOUNCED AGAIN. HE SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED THE AIRPLANE AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. UPON EXITING THE AIRPLANE, HE NOTICED THAT BOTH PROPELLER BLADES TIPS WERE CURLED. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE FIREWALL WAS BUCKLED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.