# Accident 20110930022239A: Cessna 172S, Frederick, MD, September 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2011, 08:00 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4669° N, 77.0172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4669&lon=-77.0172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11019, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11019) (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: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA516](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA516) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110930022239A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT FREDERICK AIRPORT AND FLEW TO CLEARVIEW AIRPARK (2W2) PILOT BOUNCED TWICE AND ON THE THIRD BOUNCE WAS FOLLOWED BY A HARD LANDING. PILOT ELECTED TO DO A GO AROUND. ALL ENGINE AND COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. PILOT FLEW BACK TO FREDERICK AIRPORT AND LANDED. A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A DAMAGED PROP AND WRINKLED FIREWALL.

## 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 ERA11CA516](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA516), Sep 30, 2011: Cessna 172S (N11019), Westminster, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper approach airspeed for a short-field 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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