# Accident 20120728016689A: Cessna 172, Grand Canyon, AZ, July 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2012, 10:30 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9522° N, 112.1469° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9522&lon=-112.1469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8100B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8100B-2012-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 123 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA337) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120728016689A

## Narrative

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

SINGLE ENGINE, LAND AIRCRAFT APPROACHED KGCN AIRPORT AND REPORTED TO TOWER 10 MILES OUT TO THE SOUTH. AS PER TOWER'S REQUEST PILOT CALLED IN AGAIN AS HE ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 21. AFTER TOWER GAVE CLEARANCE TO LAND THE PILOT STAYED HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND EXTENDED HIS DOWNWIND LEG TO AVOID HELICOPTER TRAFFIC BELOW AND AHEAD OF HIS CESSNA 172 ON FINAL. ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 21 HE CAME IN WITH 30 DEGREE FLAPS STILL HIGHER AND STEEPER THAN NORMAL, BUT WITH NORMAL APPROACH SPEED. PILOT STATES THAT BECAUSE OF THE STEEPER APPROACH ANGLE HE WAS LATE OR SLOW IN DETERMINING THE FLARE REQUIRED TO ARREST THE HIGH SINK RATE AND HE LANDED HARD, BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ONCE OR TWICE. THE FINAL BOUNCE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER RIGHT AND OFF OF THE RWY. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER TO INITIATE GO-AROUND, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE DIRT HARD, OFF OF THE RWY, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, CAUSING THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.

## 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 WPR12CA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA337), Jul 28, 2012: Cessna 172 (N8100B), Grand Canyon, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper flare and 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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