# Accident 20240616007399A: Cessna 172S, Elizabeth City, NC, June 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2024, 12:00 local time
- Place: Elizabeth City, NC
- Airport: Elizabeth City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 3ZBS
- Location: 36.2606° N, 76.1746° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2606&lon=-76.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92970, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92970) (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: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA319) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240616007399A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPERTED ON JUNE 16TH, AROUND NOON, APROACHING AT ELIZABETH CITY DURING TRANSITION TO GROUND EFFECT AND FLOADED TOO EARLY. TAHT CAUSE THE AIRPLANE TO BOUNCE, PILOT OVERCORRECTED AND TAIL STRIKE THE AIRPLANE, THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED AGAIN, PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT LANDING WAS STABLE, WITHOUT ISSUES. UPON EXTERIOR INSPECTION PILOT NOTICED THE TAIL GUARD WAS BENT AND THERE WAS A SMALL DENT ON THE RUDDER. WHEN SECURING THE AIRCRAFT PILOT ALSO NOTICED THERE WAS A LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION ON THE ELEVATOR, IT WOULD NOT MOVE DOWN ALL THE WAY. PILOT WROTE THESE DISCREPANCIES IN THE DISPATCH BOOK AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE AND DISPATCHER.

IT WAS VERIFIED THAT AIRPLANE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE TO A HARD LANDING PICTURES DOCUMENTING THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN COLLECTED AND RECORDED.

## 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 ERA24LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA319), Jun 16, 2024: Cessna 172 (N92970), Elizabeth City, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper flare and subsequent improper 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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