# NTSB FTW04CA163: Cessna 172, N2101M, McKinney, TX, June 16, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 16, 2004, 13:05 local (18:05 UTC) - Place: McKinney, TX - Coordinates: 33.330833, -96.70639 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3308&lon=-96.7064&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 29, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Dallas, TX - NTSB case key (mKey): 59457 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW04CA163 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59457/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA163 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - encountered, pilot in command - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The student pilot was on his first solo and was performing touch-and-go's. On his third landing, as the main landing gear touched down on the runway, "the airplane tried to yaw to the right." The student pilot stated that he corrected the yaw and "dropped the nose of the airplane too fast. The force of the nose gear contacting the runway caused the airplane to bounce back into the air." The student pilot attempted to stop the bounce but the airplane continued to bounce and "no amount of correction would stop [the airplane] until the nose gear strut bent" and the airplane skidded off the side of the runway" to the right. ## Factual narrative On June 16, 2004, approximately 1305 central daylight time, a Cessna 172 single-engine airplane, N2101M, was substantially damaged during a hard landing on runway 17 at the Collin County Regional Airport (TKI), near McKinney, Texas. The student pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. The airplane was registered to a private individual and operated by Monarch Air, of McKinney, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The solo flight originated from TKI approximately 1245. The 14-hour student pilot reported to the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC) that after completing a series of touch-and-go landings on runway 17 (7,001-feet long and 100-feet wide asphalt runway), with his instructor, they discussed the solo flight. On the first solo landing on runway 17, the student pilot executed a "go-around" because he was too high. The second landing was uneventful. On his third landing, as the main landing gear touched down on the runway, "the airplane tried to yaw to the right." The student pilot stated that he corrected the yaw, and "dropped the nose of the airplane too fast. The force of the nose gear contacting the runway caused the airplane to bounce back into the air." The student pilot attempted to stop the bounce, but "no amount of correction would stop [the airplane] until the nose gear strut bent" and the airplane skidded off the side of the runway" to the right. The flight instructor reported to the NTSB IIC that after completing five touch-and-go landings, one go-around, and one full-stop landing, he had the student taxi back to a ramp area. The instructor briefed the student and felt confident that the student could safely accomplish his first solo flight. After making the appropriate endorsements in the student's logbook, the instructor told the student to "go around the traffic pattern three times and then taxi back to parking." The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, who responded to the accident site, reported that the nose gear was crushed upwards and aft into the engine, engine firewall, and floorboard of the airplane. Both propeller blades were bent. The control yoke was pulled back and bent downward approximately 20 degrees, and could not be moved. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2101M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2101M-2011-05-18), registration cancelled 2011-05-18, S/N 172S9598, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172 - Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 172S9598 - Airframe hours: 86.4 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-L2A 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Monarch, doing business as Instructional - Registered owner: Steven Slattery - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, May 19, 2004, 60.7 hours before - Departed: TKI, McKinney, TX - Airport: KTKI, Collin County Regional Airport, runway 17, 7,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 18; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 29.98 inHg - Observed at: TKI ## 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 20040616012149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040616012149A), Jun 16, 2004: Cessna 172S, Mc Kinney, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot on first solo. Student pilot completed first of 3 landings and on the 2nd landing had a hard landing. The prop struck runway 17 at tki… From the NTSB's public API. 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