# NTSB ERA22LA385: Cessna 172, N9968F, Kissimmee, FL, August 25, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 25, 2022, 13:12 local (17:12 UTC)
- Place: Kissimmee, FL · Runway 15 Just Prior to Taxiway Bravo
- Coordinates: 28.289806, -81.437083 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&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: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 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): 105803
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA385
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105803/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105803
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA385

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper landing flare and subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in the nose landing gear impacting the runway.

## 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 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)
- [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 172R, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072401), [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 172R, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The private pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane “bounced three times.” Following the third bounce the “nose wheel hit the runway in an abrupt manner.” This impact resulted in substantial damage to the forward fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9968F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9968F), registered now, S/N 17280208, built 1997 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (R)
- Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17280208
- Year built: 1997
- Airframe hours: 8473.6
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-L2A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Buiqui Aerospace Corp.
- Registered owner: Southeast Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 26, 2022, 72.9 hours before
- Departed: APF, Naples, FL
- Destination: ISM, Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: ISM, Kissimmee Gateway, runway 15, 6,001 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 10, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 78 total, 78 in this make and model, 5.6 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 4.1 in the last 24 hours
- Pilot-rated passenger; age 57; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; seat: right; restraint: 3-point

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg
- Observed at: ISM
- METAR: KISM 251656Z 20007KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E SLP179 T03220233 PNO $

## 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 20220825015079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220825015079A), Aug 25, 2022: Cessna 172R, Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. On 08/25/2022 [privacy data omitted], a Cessna 172, was atempting to land at the Kissimmee, FL (kism) airport when the pilot allowed the aircraft to bounce…

## Other investigations on N9968F (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD04LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA003), Nov 30, 2003: Cessna C172R (N9968F), Lexington, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The ground controller's failure to advise the relieving controller information regarding an engine run-up, which subsequently resulted in the flight instructor's inadvertent encounter with jet blast…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 27, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105803. 3.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15097137&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120.1%20Pilot_Operator%20Aircraft%20Accident_Incident%20Report%20JESUS%20NTSB_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- NTSB form 6120.1 page 1 with airframe and engine times (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 487 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15097274&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120.1%20page%201%20Times-Rel.pdf
- Photographs (item 3, PDF, 5 pages, 420 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15102834&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20ERA22LA385-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. Compare the reported make and model.

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