# NTSB CEN10CA132: Cessna 172, N72TN, Davis, OK, February 28, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 28, 2010, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC) - Place: Davis, OK - Coordinates: 34.54111, -97.105003 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5411&lon=-97.1050&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 17, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Oklahoma City FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 75424 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA132 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75424/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75424 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA132 ## Probable cause The flight instructor’s improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna R172K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=2072431), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md) - [Personality/attitude: self confidence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021010): Personnel issues › Psychological · Instructor/check pilot; cases with it: [Cessna R172K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021010/cases.md?model=2072431), [All aircraft, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021010/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: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna R172K, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2072431), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [Cessna R172K, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072431), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Post-impact: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333); cases with it: [Cessna R172K, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333/sequence.md?model=2072431), [All aircraft, 410 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor was demonstrating a landing to the student when the airplane landed “very hard”, bounced once and then landed on the nose gear. The flight instructor immediately shut down the engine and discovered the control yoke was jammed in the full aft position. The hard landing caused substantial damage to the forward firewall and the lower forward fuselage which jammed the elevator control mechanism. The two occupants were not injured and immediately exited the airplane. ## Factual narrative The flight instructor was demonstrating a landing to the student when the airplane landed “very hard”, bounced once and then landed on the nose gear. The flight instructor immediately shut down the engine and discovered the control yoke was jammed in the full aft position. The hard landing caused substantial damage to the forward firewall and the lower forward fuselage which jammed the elevator control mechanism. The two occupants were not injured and immediately exited the airplane.. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N72TN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72TN), registered now, S/N R1722028, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (K) - Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: R1722028 - Airframe hours: 3702 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360 195 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 7, 2009, 78 hours before - Departed: 97F, Davis, OK - Destination: 97F, Davis, OK - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 97F, Crazy Horse Municipal Airport, runway 17, 2,600 × 34 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 24; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review November 16, 2009; seat: right; flight hours: 805 total, 460 in this make and model, 734 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 57; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 35 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 120° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: pvj, 11 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 20100228028159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100228028159A), Feb 28, 2010: Cessna R172K, Davis, OK, Substantial damage. The airman stated that he was providing flight instruction for a student pilot, and after the student made an abrupt landing at the Crazy Horse Airport (97F),… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 4, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75424. 878 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 - from Flight Instructor (item 1, .PDF, 868 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40326345&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1%20-%20from%20Flight%20Instructor-Redacted.PDF - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 - from Student Pilot (item 2, .PDF, 10 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40326347&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1%20-%20from%20Student%20Pilot-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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