# NTSB ERA22LA280: Cessna 172R, N35491, Owensboro, KY, June 19, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 19, 2022, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC) - Place: Owensboro, KY - Coordinates: 37.74216, -87.165158 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7422&lon=-87.1652&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 105308 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA280 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105308/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105308 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA280 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a loss of control during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [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 172R, 75 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 40 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the student pilot, he was practicing touch-and-go landings. During the landing flare, the student pilot said that it “felt like a normal landing, but the airplane started to porpoise.” Once the airplane touched down, the student pilot tried to recover control of the airplane by pulling back on the yoke but, the airplane started to skid. He then overcompensated by applying too much rudder input, and the airplane veered off the runway, colliding with a taxiway sign. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer. The student pilot reported that there was no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N35491](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35491), registered now, S/N 17281069 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R - Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17281069 - Year built: 1999 - Airframe hours: 10352 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-L2A 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, June 16, 2022, 6 hours before - Departed: CKV, Clarksville, TN - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: OWB, Owensboro-Daviess County Rgnl, runway 6, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 29; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 22 total, 17 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 110° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.26 inHg - Observed at: OWB - METAR: KOWB 191356Z 11009KT 10SM CLR 22/08 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP244 T02170083 ## 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 20220619010669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220619010669A), Jun 19, 2022: Cessna 172R, Owensboro, KY, Substantial damage. This flight was the student pilot?s initial solo cross-country. He had received the required training and endorsements for the flight. The student received… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 17, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105308. 14.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 14.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14188046&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20report%20LA280_Redacted-Rel.pdf - FAA inspector's statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 118 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14188434&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20MOR%20LA280-Rel.pdf - Investigative photos (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 207 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14188684&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20photos%20LA280-Rel.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. 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