# NTSB CHI05CA152: Cessna 172M, N73328, Rochester, MN, June 18, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 18, 2005, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Rochester, MN
- Coordinates: 43.907222, -92.498886
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9072&lon=-92.4989&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61883
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI05CA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61883/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA152

## Probable cause

The pilot flared improperly and failed to recover from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73328-2012-02-21), registration cancelled 2012-02-21, S/N 17267376, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17267376
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 77; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050618034189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050618034189A), Jun 18, 2005: Cessna 172M, Rochester, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was landing on runway 20 at Rochester, MN. During landing aircraft bounced, pilot added power and nosewheel struck the runway hard. Nose tire…

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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