- Date
- July 15, 2007, 14:01 local (18:01 UTC)
- Place
- Beverly, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13151Cessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Boston FSDO-01
- FAA report
- 20070715014009A
- Case key
- 66220
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and nose gear collapse. A contributing factor was the wind gust.
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
The pilot stated that during the landing flare at the Beverly Municipal Airport, Beverly, Massachusetts, he "got hit with a gust of wind" when he touched down. He also stated that the airplane porpoised, landed hard on the nose wheel, and the nose gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that during the landing flare at the Beverly Municipal Airport, Beverly, Massachusetts, he "got hit with a gust of wind" when he touched down. He also stated that the airplane porpoised, landed hard on the nose wheel, and the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13151
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S10344
- Airframe hours
- 198
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Micheal Mignosa, doing business as FNA Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- FNA Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2007 · 109 hours before
- Departed
- BVY · Beverly, MA
- Destination
- BVY · Beverly, MA
- Airport
- BVY · Beverly Muni, runway 16, 5,001 × 100 ft, 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
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2006
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 106 in this make and model · 106 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 18 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.76 inHg
- Observed at
- BVY, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.