# Accident 20070509012249A: Cessna 172S, Asheville, NC, May 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2007, 15:15 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4350° N, 82.5383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4350&lon=-82.5383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N924LP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 80 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070509012249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING RUNWAY 16 AT ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT. PILOT STATED THAT HE FLARED THE AIRCRAFT TOO HIGH. THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED HARD AND THEN BOUNCED. THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED THREE TIMES STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND THE TAIL ALTERNATELY. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED PORPOISING THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE RAMP.

## 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 NYC07CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA116), May 9, 2007: Cessna 172S (N924LP), Asheville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing. A factor in the accident was the visual illusion experienced by the pilot from landing on a long, wide runway.

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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