- Date
- October 28, 2006, 19:02 local (Oct 29, 2006, 00:02 UTC)
- Place
- Maryville, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8196BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Kansas City, MO, FSDO
- FAA report
- 20061028021499A
- Case key
- 64839
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing leading to the nose gear overload.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing. The pilot stated, "By the time we got up, I decided it was getting too dark so I circled back around to land. As I descended, I was not able to see as well as normal. As we touched the ground, we bounced a little, then touched down. The front wheel broke off which caused the nose of the airplane to go into the ground which then caused the plane to flip over onto its top." The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.
Factual narrative
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing. The pilot stated, "By the time we got up, I decided it was getting too dark so I circled back around to land. As I descended, I was not able to see as well as normal. As we touched the ground, we bounced a little, then touched down. The front wheel broke off which caused the nose of the airplane to go into the ground which then caused the plane to flip over onto its top." The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8196B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29996
- Airframe hours
- 2,896
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond L. Frueh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 2005
- Departed
- Maryville, MO
- Flight plan
- Military VFR
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
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 705 total · 675 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- ICL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.