# NTSB ERA09CA265: Cessna 172E, N5683T, Como, MS, April 25, 2009 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 24, 2009, 19:00 local (Apr 25, 2009, 00:00 UTC) - Place: Como, MS - Coordinates: 34.544998, -89.636108 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5450&lon=-89.6361&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 28, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 73729 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09CA265 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73729/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA265 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced 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 172E, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072412), [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 · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072412), [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: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072412), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072412), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot performed a straight-in approach to the north, in calm winds, to take advantage of the uphill slope of the grass runway. He applied 30 degrees of flaps incrementally during the approach. During the landing flare, the airplane touched down, "ballooned up," and the pilot "kept the flare going" before the airplane "slammed" onto the runway, separating the nose gear and bending the empennage downward about 45 degrees. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane. ## Factual narrative The pilot performed a straight-in approach to the north, in calm winds, to take advantage of the uphill slope of the grass runway. He applied 30 degrees of flaps incrementally during the approach. During the landing flare, the airplane touched down, "ballooned up," and the pilot "kept the flare going" before the airplane "slammed" onto the runway, separating the nose gear and bending the empennage downward about 45 degrees. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5683T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5683T), registered now, S/N 17251583 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E - Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17251583 - Airframe hours: 1623 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-300 SER 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 17, 2009 - Departed: UOX, Oxford, MS - Destination: NONE, Como, MS - Airport: NONE, Private Airstrip, runway 35, 1,800 × 80 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 22; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 24, 2009; seat: left; flight hours: 208 total, 17 in this make and model, 158 as pilot in command, 57 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.14 inHg - Observed at: UOX, 11 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 20090425004409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090425004409A), Apr 25, 2009: Cessna 172E, Waterford, MS, Destroyed. (-23) On Friday, 4/25/2009, around 1835 local time [privacy data omitted] was preparing to land at a private air strip. At touch down the aircraft bounced,… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.