# NTSB ERA14CA286: Cessna 162, N6017R, Cross City, FL, June 6, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 6, 2014, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC) - Place: Cross City, FL - Coordinates: 29.634445, -83.059997 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6344&lon=-83.0600&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 9, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 89412 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14CA286 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89412/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89412 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA286 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and the collapse of the nose landing gear. ## 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 · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060005E), [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 162, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/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: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was conducting a solo cross country flight. While landing at the destination airport, he allowed the nose landing gear to contact the runway first, which resulted in its subsequent collapse. Postaccident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the engine firewall. The student pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The student pilot was conducting a solo cross country flight. While landing at the destination airport, he allowed the nose landing gear to contact the runway first, which resulted in its subsequent collapse. Postaccident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the engine firewall. The student pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6017R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6017R-2018-05-30), registration cancelled 2018-05-30, S/N 16200140, built 2011 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162 - Registry model: [Cessna 162](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (registry code 060005E) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (registry code 17402, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 16200140 - Year built: 2011 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Gau Air LLC - Registered owner: Gau Air LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Departed: X04, APOPKA, FL - Destination: CTY, Cross City, FL - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: CTY, Cross City, runway Unk, 5,001 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 47; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 230° at 10 knots - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.92 inHg - Observed at: CTY ## 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 20140606009579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140606009579A), Jun 6, 2014: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Cross City, FL, Substantial damage. During the second leg of a three leg Cross country, inadvertantly landed nose wheel first. Aircraft experienced substantial damage. No injuries to the student… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 2, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89412. 1.1 MB in all. - Memorandum for Record - NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 88 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40417289&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20-%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Memorandum for Record – CTY METARs (item 2, .PDF, 101 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40417290&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20%E2%80%93%20CTY%20METARs-Master.PDF - Photo 1 – Overall view of airplane (Courtesy of FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 885 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40417291&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20%E2%80%93%20Overall%20view%20of%20airplane%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF 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.