- Date
- December 1, 2012, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- McKinney, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737TYCessna 172N
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20121201027089A
- Case key
- 85741
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 inadequate flare, which resulted in a hard nosewheel landing.
Findings · 3
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 windy conditions existed during the flight, but the wind was not a crosswind during landing. He said that the airplane touched down hard on the nosewheel, bounced, and then settled onto the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the nosewheel landing gear and propeller were bent, and the firewall sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot had just completed a local flight with two passengers. The pilot reported that windy flight conditions existed, but there would not be a crosswind during the landing. He added that the airplane landed hard on the nose wheel, the airplane bounced, and then settled onto the runway. Post flight examination of the airplane revealed that the nosewheel landing gear and propeller were bent, and the firewall sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737TY
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269673
- Airframe hours
- 5,642
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Texins Association
- Registered owner
- Texins Association
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 10, 2012
- Departed
- KTKI · McKinney, TX
- Destination
- KTKI · McKinney, TX
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- KTKI · Collin County Regional, runway 18, 7,002 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 11 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 18 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- KTKI
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 31, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.