- Date
- August 29, 2004, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2099JCessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20040829022299A
- Case key
- 60063
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in a hard landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot induced oscillation and the high approach airspeed.
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 pilot stated that his approach speed was too high and he "ballooned." The airplane began to porpoise and impacted the nose gear. The pilot added power and aborted the landing. At the time of the landing, the pilot was not aware that a propeller strike had occurred. The flight returned to BJC and a postflight inspection revealed that the firewall was wrinkled and the propeller was damaged.
Factual narrative
On August 29, 2004, at approximately 0900 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N2099J, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Tri-County Airport, Erie, Colorado. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries. The cross-country flight originated at Jefferson County Airport (BJC) at approximately 0845.
According to the accident report submitted by the pilot, his approach speed was too high and he "ballooned." The airplane began to porpoise and impacted the nose gear. The pilot added power and initiated a go-around. At the time of the landing, the pilot was not aware that a propeller strike had occurred. The flight returned to BJC and a postflight inspection revealed that the firewall was wrinkled and the propeller was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2099J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259586
- Airframe hours
- 395.6
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mc Air
- Registered owner
- First Flight Aviation Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 2004 · 386 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Destination
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- 48V · Tri-County, runway 33, 4,700 × 60 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
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 198 total · 165 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2099J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.