- Date
- November 10, 2016, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53402Cessna 172
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20161110022779A
- Case key
- 94376
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, 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
The pilot reported that during the second landing of a closed traffic pattern flight, the airplane "ballooned" in the landing flare and touched down "hard." The pilot further reported that she aborted the landing and landed without further incident. The firewall sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the second landing of a closed traffic pattern flight, the airplane "ballooned" in the landing flare and touched down "hard." The pilot further reported that she aborted the landing and landed without further incident. The firewall sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53402
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (P)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274743
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 9,037.8
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Concord Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Anvab Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 2016
- Departed
- CON · Concord, NH
- Destination
- CON · Concord, NH
- Airport
- CON · Concord Muni, runway 17, 6,005 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 11, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 38.2 in this make and model · 42.7 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.72 inHg
- Observed at
- KCON
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 11, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.