# Accident 20160323003519A: Cessna 172S, Frederick, MD, March 23, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LC1S
- Location: 39.4181° N, 77.3711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4181&lon=-77.3711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65329, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65329) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 49 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160323003519A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE DOING SOLO PATTERN WORK AS A STUDENT PILOT, HE WAS ON AN APPROACH ON THE PROPER GLIDE PATH BASED ON THE PAPI LIGHTS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS AT 65 KNOTS IAS WITH FULL FLAPS AND UPON CROSSING THE THRESHOLD REDUCED POWER JUST BEFORE FLARING.  AT THIS TIME HE REPORTED THAT A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING IT TO BALLOON AND BOUNCE TWICE.  AFTER THE SECOND BOUNCE THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND.  UPON THE NEXT LANDING THE PILOT TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP AND INFORMED HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE BALTIMORE FSDO IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FIREWALL HAD BEEN BENT INDICATING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA16CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA158), Mar 23, 2016: Cessna 172 (N65329), Frederick, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper pitch control during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing.

## Other reports on N65329 (1)

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

- [Incident 20080126013669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080126013669I), Jan 26, 2008: Cessna 172S (N65329), Westminister, MD, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot had a hard landing. Wind changed and runway was changed. Student landed on nose gear and the prop hit the 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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