# NTSB CEN20CA241: Cessna 172, N65773, Bowling Green, MO, June 12, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 12, 2020, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Bowling Green, MO - Coordinates: 39.369998, -91.219169 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3700&lon=-91.2192&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 101473 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20CA241 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101473/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101473 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA241 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 76 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [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 172P, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 39 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that on two landing attempts, the airplane touched down hard and bounced multiple times. After the second landing attempt, the pilot aborted the landing and diverted to another airport. Five flight-legs later, the pilot returned to the airplane's rental location and noticed that the tail tie down fell off when he attempted to tie down the airplane. Further examination revealed substantial damage to the tail. The pilot did not report any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N65773](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65773), registered now, S/N 17275876, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172 (P) - Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17275876 - Year built: 1982 - Airframe hours: 14559 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 SERIES 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Aerowood Aviation - Registered owner: Aerowood Aviation - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 21, 2020, 57 hours before - Departed: IXD, Olathe, KS - Destination: LCK, Columbus, OH - Airport: H19, Bowling Green Muni, runway 31, 3,203 × 50 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Satellite tracking device, Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 26; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 30, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 145 total, 44 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: KHAE, 24 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 20200612008649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200612008649A), Jun 12, 2020: Cessna 172P, Bowling Green, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot was on final approach to land on rwy 31 at Bowling Green Municipal Airport (H19), had a hard landing and porpoised down the runway. Pilot took off again… ## Other investigations on N65773 (1) 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. - [NTSB GAA19CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA087), Dec 3, 2018: Cessna 172 (N65773), Monroe, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and nose landing gear collapse. ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 9, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101473. 3.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11335995&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20----_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Correspondence from pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 66 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11338278&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement-Rel.pdf - Record of correspondence with operator and FAA (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 39 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11343153&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Correspondence%20with%20Operator%20and%20FAA-Rel.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.