- Date
- June 18, 2022, 08:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6797ECessna 172N
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Springfield FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220618009839A
- Case key
- 105345
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 failure to attain proper flare during landing, resulting in a bounced landing.
Findings · 2
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 prior to landing at the destination airport, she performed a low pass to assess the landing conditions. After the low pass, she decided to initiate a landing. During the touchdown, she reported the airplane “experienced possible windshear/wind shift” that induced a bounced landing. After bouncing again, the pilot was able to maintain control of the airplane until it came to a full stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6797E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272069
- Built
- 1978
- Airframe hours
- 10,123.5
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Optic Air LLC, doing business as Optic Air LLC
- Registered owner
- Optic Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 2022
- Departed
- SPI · Springfield, IL
- Airport
- IJX · Jacksonville Muni, runway 04, 4,001 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 24
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 16, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 407 total · 32 in this make and model · 308 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KIJX, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KIJX 181335Z AUTO 08012KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A3020 RMK AO2 T02060141
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 7, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 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.