- Date
- November 26, 2017, 15:07 local (20:07 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N452ERCessna 172
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20171126022089A
- Case key
- 96463
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced 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 director of aviation safety at the flight school reported that the airplane received substantial damage to the fuselage after a hard landing. Four days before finding the damage, the airplane had been used by the accident pilot for a flight toward his commercial training. After completing the training flight, no discrepancies were declared. Data from the airplane's flight data management unit showed that the airplane landed flat on the runway, which resulted in subsequent bounces. The director of aviation safety of the flight school reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation system at the accident airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 280° at 3 knots. The pilot landed on runway 25R.
Factual narrative
The director of aviation safety at the flight school reported that, the airplane received substantial damage to the fuselage after a hard landing. The airplane, four days prior to finding the damage, had been used by the accident pilot for a flight towards his commercial training. After completing the training flight, no discrepancies were declared. The flight data management (FDM) from the airplane showed that, the airplane landed flat on the runway, which resulted in subsequent bounces. The director of aviation safety at the flight school reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation system at the accident airport reported, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 280° at 3 knots. The pilot landed on runway 25R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N452ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S11586
- Built
- 2015
- Airframe hours
- 2,354.8
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc
- Registered owner
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 8, 2017
- Departed
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Destination
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach Intl, runway 25R, 10,500 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 26, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 193 total · 185 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KDAB, 1 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 5, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.2 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.