OpenAirDocs.org

20130609009259A

Accident · Substantial damage
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Ann Arbor, MI · June 9, 2013

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
June 9, 2013 · 11:12 local
Place
Ann Arbor, MI
Airport
Ann Arbor Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N857SP
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13CA335
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,597 total22 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days
N857SPRegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S8115Airframe modelCessna 172SEngine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft experienced a collapsed nose gear on attempted landing at Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (karb)

The pilot stated he was coming in for a landing on the grass runway (rwy 30) in a northwest direction. He stated that his goal was to land with the main tires first then ease the nose down. He landed the plane prior to the paved portion of the taxi/runway at a significant speed (55-60 knots). He stated he touched down longer down the runway then he would have liked to and was landing with a tailwind. He stated he should have gone around and attempted the landing again, but that he attempted to salvage the landing because the airport was busy, and that the tower had made room for him to land. When he landed he hit the taxi way and popped back up into the air, he said that was due to his longer landing and significant speed. When the plane came back to the ground he thought he may have landed on the front wheel but he believed he most likely landed on all three wheels at the same time collapsing the front wheel. After engine shut down he completed an evacuation of the aircraft.

There is substantial damage to the nose gear and the firewall.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR ON ATTEMPTED LANDING AT ANN ARBOR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KARB)

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS COMING IN FOR A LANDING ON THE GRASS RUNWAY (RWY 30) IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION. HE STATED THAT HIS GOAL WAS TO LAND WITH THE MAIN TIRES FIRST THEN EASE THE NOSE DOWN. HE LANDED THE PLANE PRIOR TO THE PAVED PORTION OF THE TAXI/RUNWAY AT A SIGNIFICANT SPEED (55-60 KNOTS). HE STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN LONGER DOWN THE RUNWAY THEN HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO AND WAS LANDING WITH A TAILWIND. HE STATED HE SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND AND ATTEMPTED THE LANDING AGAIN, BUT THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING BECAUSE THE AIRPORT WAS BUSY, AND THAT THE TOWER HAD MADE ROOM FOR HIM TO LAND. WHEN HE LANDED HE HIT THE TAXI WAY AND POPPED BACK UP INTO THE AIR, HE SAID THAT WAS DUE TO HIS LONGER LANDING AND SIGNIFICANT SPEED. WHEN THE PLANE CAME BACK TO THE GROUND HE THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE LANDED ON THE FRONT WHEEL BUT HE BELIEVED HE MOST LIKELY LANDED ON ALL THREE WHEELS AT THE SAME TIME COLLAPSING THE FRONT WHEEL. AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN HE COMPLETED AN EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND THE FIREWALL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN13CA335Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAnn Arbor, MIThe pilot’s failure to make a go-around in a timely manner and his loss of control during landing.Jun 9, 2013 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N857SP · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20130310004039ILanding: Touchdown · Ann Arbor, MIThe student pilot with the instructor on board landed twenty yards short of the runway. The aircraft hit the end of runway light with the right main landing gear strut, damaging the strut fairing. The runway light broke from its base and hit the fuselage just…Mar 10, 2013 · Minor damage