# Accident 20090718011869A: Cessna 172M, New Braunfels, TX, July 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7028° N, 98.0386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7028&lon=-98.0386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5556S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 44 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA458](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA458) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090718011869A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE PILOT OF N5556S, FAILED TO USE THE PROPER APPROACH SPEED AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN A PROPER PITCH ATTITUDE TO ACCOMPLISH A SUCCESSFUL LANDING.  UPON THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, HE LANDED ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR SIMULATANEOUSLY.  THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR.  THE PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND BUT FELT COMMITTED TO LAND.  ON THE FOURTH BOUNCE, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK IN A NOSE WHEEL ATTITUDE AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER, NOSE WHEEL AND THE FIREWALL.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT IS A LOW TIME STUDENT PILOT AND FAILED TO ABORT THE LANDING AND GO-AROUND.

## 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 CEN09CA458](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA458), Jul 18, 2009: Cessna 172M (N5556S), New Braunfels, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery 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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