- Date
- June 8, 2022, 21:30 local (Jun 9, 2022, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Salina, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N831KSCessna 172S
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- 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
- FAA report
- 20220608010519A
- Case key
- 105248
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Probable cause
The pilot’s poor pitch control during an aborted takeoff which resulted in a hard landing.
Findings · 1
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 while taxiing for a local night flight, he heard a slight noise that originated from the front of the airplane. When the stopped the airplane short of the runway, the noise stopped. During the takeoff roll, a louder noise occurred and shortly after the airplane lifted off the ground, the pilot elected to abort the takeoff and pitched nose down. The airplane contacted the runway and bounced multiple times, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. A postaccident examination conducted by maintenance personnel could not determine a reason for the noise. A flight instructor, who flew the airplane earlier in the day, reported that he heard a noise that he thought was coming from the nosewheel shimmy dampener. Except for the noise the pilot heard, he reported no other mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N831KS
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S11107
- Built
- 2011
- Airframe hours
- 4,711
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-LTA, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kansas State University - Salina
- Registered owner
- Kansas State University - Salina
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 11, 2022 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- SLN · Salina, KS
- Destination
- SLN · Salina, KS
- Airport
- SLN · Salina Regional Airport, runway 35, 12,301 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 8, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 183 total · 183 in this make and model · 101 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KSLN
- METAR
- KSLN 090253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02110144 53008
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 22, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.0 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.