# NTSB ANC06CA036: Cessna 172S, N514ER, Prescott, AZ, March 24, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 24, 2006, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.654445, -112.419441
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6544&lon=-112.4194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63407
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC06CA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63407/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA036

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in structural damage to the firewall and fuselage.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The private pilot was concluding a personal local flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91.  He said the airplane bounced while landing, and with each successive bounce, the airplane landed harder.  After the third bounce, he aborted the landing, returned, and landed without incident.  An inspection of the airplane disclosed a bent firewall and floor, and damage to the nose landing gear mount.  The pilot said there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to departure.

## Factual narrative

The private pilot was concluding a personal local flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91.  He said the airplane bounced while landing, and with each successive bounce, the airplane landed harder.  After the third bounce, he aborted the landing, returned, and landed without incident.  An inspection of the airplane disclosed a bent firewall and floor, and damage to the nose landing gear mount.  The pilot said there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to departure.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N514ER](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N514ER-2007-09-19), registration cancelled 2007-09-19, S/N 172S9106, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172S
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S9106
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-L2A reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Embry Riddle
- Registered owner: CEF 2002 Aircraft LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PRC, Prescott, AZ
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: PRC, Ernest A. Love Field, runway 21L

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 1; last flight review November 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 146 total, 130 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.07 inHg
- Observed at: KPRC

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060324004939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060324004939A), Mar 24, 2006: Cessna 172S, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) The private pilot enrolled at embry-riddle aeronautical university, Prescott, Arizona allowed the aircraft to porpoise during landing. The aircraft…

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.

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