# NTSB CEN22LA282: Cessna 172N, N6797E, Jacksonville, IL, June 18, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 18, 2022, 08:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, IL
- Coordinates: 39.771366, -90.242498 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7714&lon=-90.2425&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- 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: FAA Springfield FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105345
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA282
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105345/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105345
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA282

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to attain proper flare during landing, resulting in a 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 172N, 150 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072434), [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 172N, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072434), [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-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172N, 26 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072434), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6797E), registered now, S/N 17272069, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272069
- Year built: 1978
- Airframe hours: 10123.5
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; injuries: none; 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

## 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 20220618009839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220618009839A), Jun 18, 2022: Cessna 172N, Jacksonville, IL, Substantial damage. On June 16, 2022 at 1322Z, after one previous go-around, a Cessna CE-172 bounced approximately 3 times during an attempted landing on runway 04 at the…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 7, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105345. 3.7 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14117095&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120_1%20Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Accident photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14117355&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs-Rel.pdf
- Pilot email (item 3, PDF, 6 pages, 858 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14123301&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Email%20Redacted-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.

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