- Date
- August 23, 2015, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N691SPCessna 172
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Cincinnati FSDO (FAA)
- Case key
- 91865
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper pitch control during landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During a cross-country flight, the pilot reported that during landing he bounced hard two times. After the second bounce, he applied full power and aborted the landing. The pilot continued his cross-country flight to his final destination and landed without further incident. A post-flight inspection revealed substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
During a cross-country flight, the pilot reported that during landing he bounced hard two times. After the second bounce, he applied full power and aborted the landing. The pilot continued his cross-country flight to his final destination and landed without further incident. A post-flight inspection revealed substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N691SP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S8100
- Built
- 1999
- Airframe hours
- 6,996.1
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Sales Inc
- Registered owner
- Aviation Sales Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 6, 2015
- Departed
- 8G2 · Corry, PA
- Destination
- SGH · Springfield, OH
- Airport
- SGH · Springfield-Beckley Muni, runway 24, 9,009 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 12, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 615 total · 200 in this make and model · 572 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KSGH
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 9, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.1 MB in all.