# NTSB ERA24LA281: Textron 172, N272HF, Chesapeake, VA, June 13, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 13, 2024, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Coordinates: 36.664312, -76.321764 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6643&lon=-76.3218&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 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): 194567
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA281
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194567/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194567
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA281

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced 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 · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Textron 172S, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072449), [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: [Textron 172S, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072449), [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-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Textron 172S, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072449), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that during the landing flare and touchdown, the airplane encountered a gust of wind that lifted the airplane upward. The airplane then bounced on the runway once and the pilot attempted to recover by adding engine power to abort the landing. The nose of the airplane subsequently pitched down and impacted the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the underside of airplane’s fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N272HF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N272HF), registered now, S/N 172S12776, built 2022 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Textron Aviation Inc 172 (S)
- Registry model: [Textron 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (registry code 2072449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S12776
- Year built: 2022
- Airframe hours: 1456
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Horizon Flight Center LLC
- Registered owner: Horizon Flight Center LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 4, 2024, 28 hours before
- Airport: CPK, Chesapeake Regional Airport, runway 05/23, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 18, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 104 total, 104 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: CPK
- METAR: METAR KCPK 131635Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM BKN055 28/15 A3005 RMK AO2 T02770154=

## 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 20240613007299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240613007299A), Jun 13, 2024: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Chesapeake, VA, Substantial damage. Gust of wind on landing caused aircraft to climb. Pilot attempted to execute a go-around, but aircraft then settled rapidly and contacted the runway in such a…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 22, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194567. 2.6 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=17830093&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%206120.1_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record a�� pilot statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 66 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17822163&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statment%20MOR-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 481 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17830083&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs%20N272HF-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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