# NTSB CHI01LA316: Cessna 172R, N9532K, Alton, IL, May 19, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 19, 2001, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Alton, IL
- Coordinates: 38.899864, -90.150566 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8999&lon=-90.1506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 23, 2002
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA-St. Louis, Missouri FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 53474
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI01LA316
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53474/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA316

## Probable cause

The misjudged flare by the pilot.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9532K-2010-02-24), registration cancelled 2010-02-24, S/N 17280475, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172R
- Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-80475
- Airframe hours: 1186.1
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20010519033599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010519033599A), May 19, 2001: Cessna 172R, Alton/St Louis, IL, No damage. (-23) While practicing touch and go landings the pilot became distracted during the landing phase. The aircraft subsequently touched down on the nosewheel at a…

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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