- Date
- July 27, 2000, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oakland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4312RCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000727009999A
- Case key
- 49994
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said he was a little fast and did not keep the airplane off the runway long enough to bleed off the airspeed. The touchdown was flat and the airplane porpoised, damaging the nose gear and firewall.
Factual narrative
On July 27, 2000, at 1530 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N4312R, porpoised on landing at the Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California. During the sequence, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and other structural members. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane was operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations by the Alameda Aero Club and rented by the pilot for a local area personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed the Oakland airport at 1430. The accident was reported to the Safety Board on August 14 following determination of the damage.
In his written statement, the pilot said he was a little fast and did not keep the airplane off the runway long enough to bleed off the airspeed. The touchdown was flat and the airplane porpoised, damaging the nose gear and firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4312R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263065
- Airframe hours
- 8,416
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alameda Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 2000 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- OAK
- Airport
- OAK · Metro Oakland Intl, runway 27R, 5,453 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 188 total · 57 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 136 °F, dew point 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OAK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.