# NTSB ERA09CA070: Cessna 172RG, N6180R, Manville, NJ, November 9, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 9, 2008, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Manville, NJ
- Coordinates: 40.52111, -74.592224 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5211&lon=-74.5922&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 22, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69497
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09CA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69497/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA070

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a nose-wheel-first landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172RG, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072438), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172RG, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072438), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172RG, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072438), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The operator reported that the pilot took the keys to the airplane and commenced a flight in the local pattern. While landing, the airplane contacted the runway hard on the nose gear. After the flight, the operator's maintenance personnel discovered evidence of a propeller strike to the runway and a damaged firewall. The pilot did not respond to Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board requests for information regarding the accident.

## Factual narrative

The operator reported that the pilot took the keys to the airplane and commenced a flight in the local pattern. While landing, the airplane contacted the runway hard on the nose gear. After the flight, the operator’s maintenance personnel discovered evidence of a propeller strike to the runway and a damaged firewall. The pilot did not respond to Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board requests for information regarding the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6180R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6180R-2017-05-16), registration cancelled 2017-05-16, S/N 172RG0105, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0105
- Airframe hours: 8592
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 F1A6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Privilege Aero LLC
- Registered owner: Privilege Aero LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 13, 2008, 33 hours before
- Departed: 47N, Manville, NJ
- Destination: 47N, Manville, NJ
- Airport: 47N, Central Jersey Regional, runway 25, 3,509 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; last flight review September 13, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 130 total, 130 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.90 inHg
- Observed at: KSMQ, 7 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20081109851389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081109851389A), Nov 9, 2008: Cessna 172RG, Manville, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot refused to give information regarding the accident. [privacy data omitted], Owner of the aircraft and privilege aero, gave the following facts…

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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