- Date
- July 4, 2001, 11:18 local (18:18 UTC)
- Place
- Monterey, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9287BCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Fllight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20010704015669A
- Case key
- 52638
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that she made a normal approach and landing. The runway was 3,502 feet long by 60 feet wide. The traffic was light and she did not think wake turbulence was a factor. The landing seemed routine; however, she was surprised when the aircraft bounced and she attempted to "peg" the airplane to the runway. When the aircraft came to a stop, the propeller was damaged and the firewall and forward fuselage exhibited buckling damage. The surface wind was reported variable at 5 knots.
Factual narrative
On July 4, 2001, at 1118 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 175, N9287B, porpoised during a hard landing at the Monterey Peninsula Airport, Monterey, California. The commercial certificated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The personal flight was operated by Case Transport, Inc., under 14 CFR Part 91, and departed from Hayward, California, at 1030. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot told the Safety Board investigator that she landed the airplane on runway 28R [3,502 feet long by 60 feet wide]. The traffic was light and she did not think wake turbulence was a factor. The landing seemed routine; however, she was surprised when the aircraft bounced and she attempted to "peg" the airplane to the runway. When the aircraft came to a stop, the propeller was damaged and the firewall and forward fuselage exhibited buckling damage.
The surface wind was reported variable at 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9287B
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55087
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Case Transport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 21, 2001 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Destination
- MRY · Monterey, CA
- Airport
- MRY · Monterey Peninsula, runway 28R, 3,502 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- October 5, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 894 total · 550 in this make and model · 674 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Age
- 73
- Injuries
- None
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2000
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- MRY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9287B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.