# NTSB CEN12CA240: Cessna 172S, N5253Q, Monroe, LA, April 10, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 10, 2012, 15:26 local (20:26 UTC) - Place: Monroe, LA - Coordinates: 32.510833, -92.03778 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5108&lon=-92.0378&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 18, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - Baton Rouge FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 83373 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12CA240 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83373/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83373 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA240 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and loss of directional control. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 99 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 66 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 206 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 77 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 77 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that the airplane bounced while landing. The airplane then departed the left side of the runway and hit the precision approach path indicator lights. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. ## Factual narrative The student pilot reported that while landing, the airplane bounced. The airplane then came back down and went off the left side of the runway and hit the precision approach path indicator lights (PAPI). The airplane sustained substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5253Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5253Q-2018-07-20), registration cancelled 2018-07-20, S/N 172S9168, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S - Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 172S9168 - Engines: LYCOMING IO-360 SER 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Brad McIntyre - Registered owner: Jps Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: MLU, Monroe, LA - Destination: MLU, Monroe, LA - Airport: MLU, Monroe Regional Airport, runway 04, 7,505 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 27; injuries: none; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 330° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: MLU ## 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 20120410005579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120410005579A), Apr 10, 2012: Cessna 172S, Monroe, LA, Substantial damage. While practicing stop and goes, pilot lost control of the aircraft allowing it to run off the left side of the runwat hitting a PAPI lighting system and a taxi… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 29, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83373. 24 KB in all. - Record of conversation with pilot (item 1, .PDF, 24 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40368805&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20conversation%20with%20pilot-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.