# Accident 20020809017179A: Cessna 172M, Enterprise, AL, August 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2002, 10:15 local time
- Place: Enterprise, AL
- Airport: Enterprise Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2972° N, 85.8972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2972&lon=-85.8972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73461, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73461) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020809017179A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 ATL02LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA154), Aug 9, 2002: Cessna 172M (N73461), Enterprise, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed flare on landing that resulted in a hard 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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