- Date
- July 11, 2006, 22:00 local (Jul 12, 2006, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cahokia, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1725VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060711017159A
- Case key
- 64335
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate flare. A factor was the night light conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage as a result of a hard landing. The pilot reported that he flew for about one hour and then returned to the airport to do three night stop and go landings. He reported that after the first landing he felt the "landing gear begin to shimmy." He did another stop and go landing. He felt the landing gear start to shimmy again during the rollout so he taxied back to ramp and shut the airplane down. He did a visual inspection of the nose wheel and did not see any damage. An inspection of the airplane revealed that the firewall was buckled and there was a flat spot on the rim of the nose wheel. The fixed base operator reported that maintenance had been performed on the airplane before the flight and no damage was observed to the firewall or the nose wheel.
Factual narrative
The airplane sustained substantial damage as a result of a hard landing. The pilot reported that he flew for about one hour and then returned to the airport to do three night stop and go landings. He reported that after the first landing he felt the "landing gear begin to shimmy." He did another stop and go landing. He felt the landing gear start to shimmy again during the rollout so he taxied back to ramp and shut the airplane down. He did a visual inspection of the nose wheel and did not see any damage. An inspection of the airplane revealed that the firewall was buckled and there was a flat spot on the rim of the nose wheel. The fixed base operator reported that maintenance had been performed on the airplane before the flight and no damage was observed to the firewall or the nose wheel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1725V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263726
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- HGR 3 Aviators LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CPS · Cahokia, IL
- Destination
- Cahokia, IL
- Airport
- CPS · St. Louis Downtown Airport, runway 12R
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 63 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.