- Date
- August 11, 2005, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Zeeland, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N632FACessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20050811024579A
- Case key
- 62635
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Probable cause
The inadequate flare by the pilot during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructional airplane received substantial damage during a bounced landing. The student pilot stated that she did not flare enough.
Factual narrative
On August 11, 2005, at 1000 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N632FA, operated by Benz Aviation LLC, as a rental/instructional airplane, received substantial damage on impact with terrain during a hard landing on runway 02 (3,800 feet by 60 feet, asphalt) at Ottawa Executive Airport (Z98), Zeeland, Michigan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 student solo instructional flight was not operating on a flight plan. The student pilot received no injuries. The local flight originated from Z98 at 0930.
The pilot stated that the airplane bounced after she did not flare "enough."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N632FA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S9632
- Airframe hours
- 447.9
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Benz Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 1, 2005 · 52.4 hours before
- Departed
- Z98 · Zeeland, MI
- Destination
- Z98 · Zeeland, MI
- Airport
- Z98 · Ottawa Executive, runway 02, 3,800 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 69 total · 48 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- BIV, 9 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.