- Date
- October 24, 2007, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Junction, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1422ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20071024824549A
- Case key
- 66999
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing.
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 was asked by the control tower to make a short approach. She was high and indicating 65 mph under no-wind conditions when she crossed the runway threshold and the airplane landed hard. The airplane's firewall was buckled, the nose tire had blown, the nose strut had collapsed, and the tire rim was chipped.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, she was asked by the control tower to make a "short approach." The pilot said that she was "high" and indicating 65 mph under no-wind conditions when she crossed the runway threshold and the airplane landed hard. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed the firewall was buckled, the nose tire had blown, the nose strut had collapsed, and the tire rim was chipped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1422E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270991
- Airframe hours
- 10,167
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Colorado Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Garlin Aircraft, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 2007
- Departed
- GJT · Grand Junction, CO
- Destination
- GJT
- Airport
- GJT · Walker Field, runway 29, 10,501 × 150 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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2007
- Flight hours
- 332 total · 150 in this make and model · 169 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.46 inHg
- Observed at
- GJT
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 N1422E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.