# NTSB FTW89LA158: Cessna 172M, N13620, Bellville, TX, September 2, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 2, 1989, 13:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Bellville, TX
- Location: 29.9466° N, 96.2588° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9466&lon=-96.2588&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22912
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW89LA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22912/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA158

## Probable cause

IMPROPER FLARE BY THE PILOT AND HIS IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT PORPOISE AND SUBSEQUENT NOSE GEAR FAILURE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13620](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13620-1999-07-29), registration cancelled 1999-07-29, S/N 17262888 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262888
- Airframe hours: 4911
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerry B. Street
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: DWH, HOUSTON, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: OGR, Grawunder, runway 15, 2,480 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 95 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DWH, 30 nm away

## 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 19890902033289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890902033289A), Sep 2, 1989: Cessna 172M, Bellville, TX, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing, over controlled, nose gear impacted,folded and aircraft nosed over.

## Other investigations on N13620 (2)

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 LAX94LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA173), Mar 23, 1994: Cessna 172M (N13620), Santa Maria, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: AN ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION AND SERVICE OF AN INCORRECT MODEL MAGNETO BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, AND THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO FOLLOW PUBLISHED AIRPLANE EMERGENCY…
- [NTSB DEN83LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA073), Mar 9, 1983: Cessna 172M (N13620), Leadville, CO, substantial damage

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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