- Date
- May 19, 2001, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alton, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9532KCessna 172R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-St. Louis, Missouri FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010519033599A
- Case key
- 53474
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Probable cause
The misjudged flare by the pilot.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane sustained damage during a hard landing. The pilot said in a written report, "Doing touch and gos in pattern. On 4th circuit bounced landing [and] sudden vibration in nose wheel. Nose pulled up - power added [and] uneventful go around. Landed on 5th circuit's incident. When nose wheel touched down, again had heavy vibration. [Aircraft] stopped on runway...After shutdown discovered 1-2 [inch] bend in prop tips....Subsequently informed that firewall had been bent [and] required replacement." The pilot stated "Blow out nose wheel" in the section of the report titled, "Mechanical Malfunction Failure".
Factual narrative
On May 19, 2001, at about 0930 central daylight time, a Cessna 172R, N9532K, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 35 (6,500 feet by 100 feet, asphalt), at the St. Louis Regional Airport, Alton, Illinois. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions and was not on a flight plan. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured. The local flight originated about 0900.
The pilot said in a written report, "Doing touch and gos in pattern. On 4th circuit bounced landing [and] sudden vibration in nose wheel. Nose pulled up - power added [and] uneventful go around. Landed on 5th circuit's incident. When nose wheel touched down, again had heavy vibration. [Aircraft] stopped on runway...After shutdown discovered 1-2 [inch] bend in prop tips....Subsequently informed that firewall had been bent [and] required replacement." The pilot stated "Blow out nose wheel" in the section of the report titled, "Mechanical Malfunction Failure".
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9532K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-80475
- Airframe hours
- 1,186.1
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Langa Aircraft Resources
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 2001 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- ALN · Alton, IL
- Airport
- ALN · St Louis Regional, runway 35, 6,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- May 16, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 8 in this make and model · 76 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.90 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 17 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.