- Date
- May 12, 2007, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9274ZCessna R172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20070512012269A
- Case key
- 65776
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane landed hard during a touch-and-go landing. The pilot said that on the second landing attempt, he flared too high (about 10 feet above the runway surface) and the airplane touched down hard. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine. The firewall and right wing sustained damage during impact.
Factual narrative
The airplane landed hard during the pilot's attempted touch-and-go takeoff and landing. In a written statement, the pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to perform practice touch-and-go takeoffs and landings at a nearby airport. On the second landing attempt, the pilot maneuvered the airplane into a flare too high (about 10 feet above the runway surface). The airplane touched down hard.
The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine. The firewall and right wing sustained damage during impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9274Z
- Reported as
- Cessna R172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R172-0219
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Specline Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- CXP · Carson City, NV
- Destination
- A34 · Dayton, NV
- Airport
- A34 · Dayton Valley Airpark, runway 23, 5,351 × 75 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 1,037 total · 7 in this make and model · 8 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
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.