# NTSB CEN14CA335: Cessna 172M, N19992, Holland, MI, June 28, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 28, 2014, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Holland, MI
- Coordinates: 42.744167, -86.108886 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7442&lon=-86.1089&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 12, 2015
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89593
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14CA335
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89593/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89593
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA335

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a loss of directional control.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 59 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 61 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

While landing in variable wind conditions, the airplane touched down hard, and bounced. The airplane departed the side of the runway and came to rest in a grassy area. During the runway excursion, the left main landing gear buckled and damage was sustained to the empennage. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with a loss of control following a hard landing.

## Factual narrative

While landing in variable wind conditions, the airplane touched down hard, and bounced. The airplane departed the side of the runway and came to rest in a grassy area. During the runway excursion, the left main landing gear buckled and damage was sustained to the empennage. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with a loss of control following a hard landing.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19992](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19992), registered now, S/N 17260917, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (registry code 42389, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17260917
- Year built: 1972
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Private Individual
- Registered owner: United Manufacturing Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BIV, Holland, MI
- Destination: BIV, Holland, MI
- Airport: BIV, West Michigan Rgnl, runway 08, 6,002 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 243 total, 243 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Observed at: KBIV, 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 20140628010329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140628010329A), Jun 28, 2014: Cessna 172M, Holland, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft exited right side of runway on rollout after landing, came to rest in grassy area between runway and taxiway.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 30, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89593. 84 KB in all.

- Case Notes (item 1, .PDF, 84 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40420397&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Case%20Notes-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.

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