# Accident 20040805021009A: Cessna 172R, Olathe, KS, August 5, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2004, 17:45 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: New Century Aircenter Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8308° N, 94.8903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8308&lon=-94.8903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N458CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N458CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040805021009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT DEPARTING WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI (9K4), TO SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI (SGF), NEW CENTURY, KANSAS (IXD), AND RETURNING TO 9K4. PILOT STATES THAT DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 04 AT IXD, THE AIRCRAFT "BALLOONED SEVERAL TIMES" DURING FLARE FOR TOUCHDOWN AND "BOUNCED HARD SEVERAL TIMES", DEPARTING TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR WERE OFF THE RUNWAY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS "CONCERNED THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT," BUT HIS INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT IXD, AFTER LANDING, SHOWED "NO DAMAGE AT THIS TIME." AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE PERFORMED NORMALLY FROM IXD TO 9K4. WHILE SECURING THE AIRCRAFT AT WARRENSBURG, MR. THOMS NOTICED DAMAGE TO THE TIP OF ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND COMPRESSION DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE FIREWALL. ENGINE WAS REMOVED FOR PROP STRIKE INSPECTION, AND PROPELLER ASSEMBLY WAS SENT IN FOR REPAIR.

## 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 CHI04CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA241), Aug 5, 2004: Cessna 172R (N458CM), Olathe, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot flared too high and failed to recover from a bounced 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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