- Date
- June 21, 2010, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Maryland Heights, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1061XCessna 172N
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA St Louis FSDO
- Case key
- 76397
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was practicing takeoffs and landings and that the first two landing were normal. On the third landing the airplane landed hard and bounced, so the pilot performed a go-around. The subsequent landing was good, but the pilot noticed a shimmy in the nosewheel. Postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed that the nosewheel bearing and firewall were damaged.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was practicing takeoff and landings. The first two landings were good. On the third landing the airplane landed hard and bounced, so the pilot performed a go-around. The subsequent landing was good, but the nose wheel had a shimmy. Inspection of the airplane revealed that the nose wheel bearing and firewall were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1061X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-69458
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- High Altitude Flying Club LLC
- Registered owner
- High Altitude Flying Club LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1H0 · Creve Coeur, MO
- Destination
- 1H0 · Creve Coeur, MO
- Airport
- 1H0 · Creve Coeur Airport, runway 34, 4,500 × 75 ft
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 153 total · 38 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 23, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 684 KB in all.