# NTSB ERA24LA181: Cessna 172M, N73605, Shelbyville, TN, April 15, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 15, 2024, 13:07 local (18:07 UTC) - Place: Shelbyville, TN - Coordinates: 35.5594, -86.442472 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5594&lon=-86.4425&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: 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): 194101 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA181 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194101/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194101 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA181 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control and subsequent runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [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 172M, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 123 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072418), [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-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 30 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was on a solo cross-country flight and was landing at the destination airport. While on final approach, he was high, so he reduced power. Upon touchdown, the airplane bounced several times (airport security camera video showed the airplane bouncing on the runway with increasing severity). The pilot attempted to recover but lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane nosed over after traveling off the right side of the runway resulting in substantial damage to the airplane’s wings and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N73605](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73605), registered now, S/N 17267574 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M - Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17267574 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Jkg LLC - Registered owner: Jkg LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: MBT, Murfreesboro, TN - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: SYI, Bomar Fld/Shelbyville Muni, runway 18/36, 5,504 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 37; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 64 total, 20 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 11 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.01 inHg - Observed at: SYI - METAR: METAR KSYI 151815Z AUTO 21011KT 10SM FEW042 26/17 A3001 RMK A01= ## 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 20240415003649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240415003649A), Apr 15, 2024: Cessna 172M, Shelbyville, TN, Substantial damage. On 4/15/2024, the pilot-in-command of a Cessna 172 was landing at ksyi. The aircraft began to bounce upon landing and damaged the front nose gear sliding to… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 18, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194101. 11.1 MB in all. - Memo for record_pilot's report (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 98 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17273152&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20Pilot%27s%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot logbook excerpt (item 2, PDF, 5 pages, 593 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17274250&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Logbook%20Excerpt_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Airport security video (item 3, MOV, 7.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17273412&FileExtension=MOV&FileName=Airport%20Security%20Video-Rel.MOV - Investigative photographs (item 4, PDF, 5 pages, 2.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17340065&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N73605%20Accident%20Site%20and%20Damage-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. --- 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.