# NTSB CEN15CA037: Cessna 162, N165JA, Hinckley, IL, October 30, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 30, 2014, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC) - Place: Hinckley, IL - Coordinates: 41.773612, -88.705558 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7736&lon=-88.7056&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 5, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - NTSB case key (mKey): 90349 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15CA037 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90349/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90349 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA037 ## Probable cause The student pilot's relaxing of elevator back pressure during the landing roll that induced a porpoise, loss of control, and collapsing of the nose wheel. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The airplane touched down, became airborne, touched down again nose first, bounced, and became airborne again. On the third touchdown, the nose wheel collapsed and the airplane skidded to a halt on the runway's centerline. This was the student pilot's first solo. ## Factual narrative According to the operator's accident report, this was the student pilot's first solo flight. The landing approach was "long and stable" and the airplane touched down. During the landing roll, the airplane became airborne. The nose wheel touched down and the airplane bounced back in the air. On the third touchdown, the nose wheel collapsed and the airplane skidded to a halt on the runway's centerline. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N165JA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N165JA-2018-05-30), registration cancelled 2018-05-30, S/N 16200007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 162 - Registry model: [Cessna 162](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (registry code 060005E) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 16200007 - Year built: 2010 - Airframe hours: 780 - Engines: Continental O-200-D 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: J.A. Flight Services, LLC - Registered owner: J.A. Flight Services, LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, August 5, 2014, 52 hours before - Departed: 0C2, Hinckley, IL - Destination: 0C2, Hinckley, IL - Airport: 0C2, Hinckley, runway 27, 2,640 × 100 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 57; injuries: none; student; medical: sport pilot; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 72 total, 66 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 230° at 6 knots - Visibility: 9 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 30.06 inHg - Observed at: AAR, 10 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 20141030019679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141030019679A), Oct 30, 2014: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Hinckley, IL, Substantial damage. First solo flight for student. First landing. Student allowed the airplane to porpoise. Nose gear and prop damaged. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 13, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90349. 4.0 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419015&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1 - Wreckage (item 2, .PDF, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419016&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Wreckage-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/). 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