# NTSB ERA14CA367: Cessna 162, N6004U, Winchester, VA, July 30, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 30, 2014, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC) - Place: Winchester, VA - Coordinates: 39.143611, -78.144447 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1436&lon=-78.1444&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 2, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 89769 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14CA367 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89769/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89769 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA367 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an aborted 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 · 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](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna 162, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that he was attempting to land the special light-sport-airplane on runway 32, a 5,498-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During his first landing attempt, the airplane bounced and he elected to abort the landing. During his second landing attempt, the airplane bounced two times and he again elected to abort the landing; however, the left wing dropped and struck the taxiway. The airplane subsequently came to stop on the ground and sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The student pilot stated that he did not experience any malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The student pilot had accumulated about 50 hours of total flight experience, all in the same make and model as the accident airplane, and included about 15 hours during the 90 days that preceded the accident. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 220 degrees at 4 knots. ## Factual narrative The student pilot reported that he was attempting to land the special light-sport-airplane on runway 32, a 5,498-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During his first landing attempt, the airplane bounced and he elected to abort the landing. During his second landing attempt, the airplane bounced two times and he again elected to abort the landing; however, the left wing dropped and struck the taxiway. The airplane subsequently came to stop on the ground and sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The student pilot stated that he did not experience any malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The student pilot had accumulated about 50 hours of total flight experience, all in the same make and model as the accident airplane, and included about 15 hours during the 90 days that preceded the accident. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 220 degrees at 4 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6004U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6004U-2019-01-22), registration cancelled 2019-01-22, S/N 16200128, 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: 16200128 - Year built: 2011 - Airframe hours: 692 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Atlantic Airways - Registered owner: Vl Light Sport Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, July 23, 2014, 5 hours before - Departed: JYO, LEESBURG, VA - Destination: OKV, Winchester, VA - Airport: OKV, Winchester Rgnl, runway 32, 5,498 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 57; injuries: none; student; medical: sport pilot; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 220° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: OKV ## 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 20140730012239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140730012239A), Jul 30, 2014: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Winchester, VA, Substantial damage. On 30 July, 2014, while attempting to land upwind on runway 32 at Winchester airport, a Cessna 162 (N6004U) bounced on the runway, so a go around was… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 27, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89769. 5.4 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40415729&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - FAA Inspector Statement and Interview Memorandums (item 2, .PDF, 557 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40415730&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%20Statement%20and%20Interview%20Memorandums-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1 - Post-Accident of Airplane (Courtesy of FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 3.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40415731&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Post-Accident%20of%20Airplane%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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