- Date
- May 4, 2004, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Odessa, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737HWCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040504017089A
- Case key
- 59357
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare that resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot, he and his passengers departed Executive Airport and stayed within the local flying area. After about one hour of flying, they returned to Executive Airport, The pilot report as he enter the traffic pattern for runway 08, he radioed his position. The pilot recalled that he lowered the wing flaps to the full down position on final approach. The pilot stated that the landing was a "hard one". The pilot taxied the airplane to the refueling pump and was told to leave the airplane at the pump. The pilot reported that he saw no damage to the airplane after deplaning. According to the pilot several days latter, he was informed of the firewall damaged to the airplane.
Factual narrative
On May 4, 2004, at 1200 eastern daylight time a Cessna 172N, N737HW, registered to Jensen Aviation, and flown by a private pilot collided with the ground during a full-stop landing on runway 08 at the Tampa Executive Airport, in Odessa, Florida. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The private pilot and is two passengers were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight departed Tampa Executive Airport in Odessa, Florida, at 1100 on May, 4, 2004.
According to the pilot, he and his passengers departed Executive Airport and stayed within the local flying area. After about one hour of flying, they returned to Executive Airport, The pilot report as he enter the traffic pattern for runway 08, he radioed his position. The pilot recalled that he lowered the wing flaps to the full down position on final approach. The pilot stated that the landing was a "hard one". The pilot taxied the airplane to the refueling pump and was told to leave the airplane at the pump. The pilot reported that he saw no damage to the airplane after deplaning. According to the pilot several days latter, he was informed of the firewall damaged to the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737HW
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-69439
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jensen Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bill Jensen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3FD1 · Odessa, FL
- Airport
- 3FD1 · Tampa Executive Airport, runway 08, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 79
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 271 total · 38 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.