# NTSB CHI99LA168: Cessna 172P, N172YA, Wichita, KS, May 18, 1999 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 18, 1999, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Wichita, KS - Coordinates: 37.649532, -97.429122 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6495&lon=-97.4291&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 21, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 46411 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI99LA168 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46411/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA168 ## Probable cause the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown ## Analysis The student pilot stated that she was making a full flap landing when the airplane bounced during the flare. The airplane bounced a second time and on the third bounce the nose wheel contacted the runway. The pilot was able to taxi the airplane off the runway to the ramp where the nose gear, propeller, and firewall damage was discovered. She stated that under the same circumstances again, she would perform a go around instead of trying to land the airplane. ## Factual narrative On May 18, 1999, at 1600 central daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N172YA, being flown by a student pilot, was substantially damaged during a landing on runway 19R (10,300' x 150') at the Mid- Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas. The pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 solo instructional flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The local flight departed from the Mid-Continent Airport. The student pilot stated she was cleared by the tower to perform a touch and go landing. She stated she flew a left traffic pattern and while on final she decided to add the final 10 degrees of flaps to make a full flap landing. She continued to add flaps throughout the traffic pattern. She reported, "I looked down the runway went several hundred feet, pulled back a little on the nose [and] went into the flare as the speed was bleeding off. When all of a sudden the airplane bounced on the main wheels [I] did not hear the stall warning horn at all. Once I bounced, all I could think of was control the airplane. ... I focused on the surroundings outside the airplane. Took the second bounce on the main wheels. The third bounce is when the nose wheel hit, the airplane slowed down." She stated she was able to taxi the airplane off the runway to the ramp where she was informed of the damage to the airplane. The damage consisted of the nose gear, propeller, and firewall. The pilot stated, "If this situation was to occur again, I would not use full flaps under the same circumstances. I would take the option of giving the airplane power and do a go around. I know that my instructor has told me several time[s] that I do not have to land the airplane, that I do have the option to give it power and go around." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N172YA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172YA), registered now, S/N 17275080, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172P - Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 172-75080 - Airframe hours: 7719 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Yingling Aircraft - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 24, 1999, 100 hours before - Departed: ICT - Destination: ICT - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: ICT, Mid-Continent, runway 19L, 7,302 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 48; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 66 total, 1 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 28.00 inHg - Observed at: ICT ## 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 19990518021599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990518021599A), May 18, 1999: Cessna 172P, Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. On may 18, 1999, at 1600 central daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N172YA, being flown by a student pilot, experienced a nose gear collapse while landing on runway… From the NTSB's public API. 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