- Date
- May 8, 2007, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kenosha, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97464Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Milwaukee, WI, FSDO
- FAA report
- 20070508829169A
- Case key
- 65837
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a flat nose wheel tire and a buckled firewall. A factor was the porpoising that was encountered during the flare.
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 was substantially damaged during a bounced landing. The pilot stated that when he was on final, he noticed he was too high so he began to slip the airplane. As he started his flare, he noticed he was still too high and decided to reduce the power to idle. The airplane bounced, became airborne, and bounced again. He kept the flare going and touched down again, finally staying on the ground. He taxied the airplane to the ramp for parking, shut down the airplane, and discovered the nose wheel tire was flat.
Factual narrative
The airplane was substantially damaged during a bounced landing. The pilot stated that when he was on final, he noticed he was too high so he began to slip the airplane. As he started his flare, he noticed he was still too high and decided to reduce the power to idle. The airplane bounced, became airborne, and bounced again. He kept the flare going and touched down again, finally staying on the ground. He taxied the airplane to the ramp for parking, shut down the airplane, and discovered the nose wheel tire was flat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97464
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276193
- Airframe hours
- 20,639
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ameriflyers, doing business as American Flyers
- Registered owner
- Ameriflyers Of Florida LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2007
- Departed
- JVL · Janesville, WI
- Destination
- ENW · Kenosha, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ENW · Kenosha Regional, runway 24L, 3,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 114 total · 106 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KENW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.