# NTSB CHI07CA012: Cessna 172, N8196B, Maryville, MO, October 29, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 28, 2006, 19:02 local (Oct 29, 2006, 00:02 UTC)
- Place: Maryville, MO
- Coordinates: 40.333057, -94.83361
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3331&lon=-94.8336&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Kansas City, MO, FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64839
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64839/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA012

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing leading to the nose gear overload.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (cause)
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8196B-2013-05-13), registration cancelled 2013-05-13, S/N 29996, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29996
- Airframe hours: 2896
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20061028021499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061028021499A), Oct 28, 2006: Cessna 172, Pickering, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed at approximately 1930 CDT, which would have been at dusk. He took off to the northwest from his grass strip. After becoming airborne he…

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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