# NTSB ATL07CA105: Cessna 172S, N13151, Beverly, MA, July 15, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 15, 2007, 14:01 local (18:01 UTC)
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Coordinates: 42.583889, -70.909721
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5839&lon=-70.9097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Boston FSDO-01
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66220
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL07CA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66220/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA105

## 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

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13151), registered now, S/N 172S10344, built 2006 (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: 172S10344
- Airframe hours: 198
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070715014009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070715014009A), Jul 15, 2007: Cessna 172S, Beverly, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot statement: normal cross wind landing on rwy 16 with information romeo, winds 240 @ 16 gusts to 22 after initial flare and landing gust lifted plane…

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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