# NTSB ANC08CA071: Cessna 172RG, N9752B, Anchorage, AK, June 5, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 4, 2008, 22:20 local (Jun 5, 2008, 06:20 UTC) - Place: Anchorage, AK - Coordinates: 61.20222, -149.835281 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2022&lon=-149.8353&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 68298 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC08CA071 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68298/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA071 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was a crosswind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172RG, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072438), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172RG, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2072438), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172RG, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072438), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna 172RG, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072438), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172RG, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072438), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The private pilot was landing on runway 25, which required a correction for a left crosswind. During touchdown, the airplane bounced and the pilot attempted to recover from the landing, but the airplane bounced a second time, and it veered sharply to the left. The airplane went off the left side of the runway and struck a parked airplane, sustaining substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. At the time of the accident, winds were reported to be from 170 degrees at 7 knots. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Factual narrative The private pilot was landing on runway 25, which required a correction for a left crosswind. During touchdown, the airplane bounced and the pilot attempted to recover from the landing, but the airplane bounced a second time, and it veered sharply to the left. The airplane went off the left side of the runway and struck a parked airplane, sustaining substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. At the time of the accident, winds were reported to be from 170 degrees at 7 knots. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9752B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9752B), registered now, S/N 172RG1012, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172RG - Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 172RG1012 - Airframe hours: 4874.6 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-F1AG 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: University of Alaska - Anchorage - Registered owner: Midtown Leasing LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, May 1, 2008, 14.6 hours before - Departed: FAI, Fairbanks, AK - Destination: MRI, Anchorage, AK - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: MRI, Merrill Field, runway 25, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 30; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 259 total, 20 in this make and model, 141 as pilot in command, 49 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: MRI ## 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 20080604838719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080604838719A), Jun 4, 2008: Cessna 172RG, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) The private pilot was landing on runway 25 at Merrill Field, while landing she bounced then drifted to the right corrected and went off the runway to the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.