# Accident 20210525010059A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Fishers, IN, May 25, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2021, 18:50 local time
- Place: Fishers, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9358° N, 86.0454° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9358&lon=-86.0454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N162TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200-D (registry code 17409, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210525010059A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 25, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1850 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA C162 AIRCRAFT, N162TW, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (KUMP), FISHERS, INDIANA.  THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.

THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.  HE HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TWO TOUCH AND GO PATTERNS, HAD INITIATED A GO-AROUND DUE TO BEING TOO HIGH ON HIS THIRD PATTERN, AND WAS MAKING HIS FOURTH LANDING ATTEMPT.  ON THAT LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGED THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT, ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE PAVEMENT.  THE NOSE WHEEL WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN21LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA246), May 25, 2021: Cessna 162 (N162TW), Indianapolis, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, 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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