- Date
- June 18, 2005, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rochester, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73328Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050618034189A
- Case key
- 61883
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Probable cause
The pilot flared improperly and failed to recover from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage during a bounced landing on runway 20. The pilot reported that he had trimmed the airplane for a stable approach at 65 kts with 20 degrees of flaps and a left crab. He flared the airplane and reduced power for landing. He reported, "The aircraft bounced and then hit the runway in a nose low attitude." The reported winds were 130 degrees at 10 knots.
Factual narrative
On June 18, 2005, at 1730 central daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N73328, sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 20 (7,300 feet by 150 feet, concrete) at the Rochester International Airport (RST), Rochester, Minnesota. The private pilot was not injured. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight departed RST at 1625 on a local flight. Visual instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that he had trimmed the airplane for a stable approach at 65 kts with 20 degrees of flaps and a left crab. He reported that he flared and reduced power for landing. He reported, "The aircraft bounced and then hit the runway in a nose low attitude." The pilot stopped the airplane on the runway.
The reported winds at RST at 1725 were 130 degrees at 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73328
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267376
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RST · Rochester, MN
- Airport
- RST · Rochester International, runway 20
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 77
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 950 total · 366 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.