# NTSB LAX05CA299: Cessna 172S, N53056, San Manuel, AZ, September 4, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 4, 2005, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: San Manuel, AZ
- Coordinates: 32.640277, -110.647224
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6403&lon=-110.6472&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62510
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX05CA299
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62510/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA299

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged flare during a touch-and-go landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

During a touch-and-go landing the airplane landed hard on the nose wheel causing the propeller to strike the runway and damaging the firewall.  The pilot said that he looked at the instruments on short final approach then looked up and saw the runway "rushing up faster that it should have been."  The pilot flared but the airplane touched down nose wheel first, then bounced back into the air.  The pilot applied power, executed a go-around and flew the airplane back to his departure airport.  The damage was discovered after landing.

## Factual narrative

This report is based on information received by the NTSB.  Additional details may be found in the NTSB's public docket for this case.  For further information, please contact the NTSB Office of Public Inquiries.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N53056](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53056-2006-05-03), registration cancelled 2006-05-03, S/N 172S9261 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172S
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S9261
- Airframe hours: 1774.6
- Engines: Textron Lycoming IO-360-L2A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: CRM Flyers, Inc., doing business as Arizona Flightworks
- Registered owner: T & B Aviation, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, August 1, 2005, 48 hours before
- Departed: E77, San Manuel, AZ
- Destination: KSDL, Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: E77, San Manuel Airport, runway 29, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: right; flight hours: 333 total, 169 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050904022599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050904022599A), Sep 4, 2005: Cessna 172S, San Manuel, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot states he was operating the aircraft from the right front seat with a non-pilot passenger in the front left seat. He had departed the…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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