- Date
- July 3, 2007, 08:58 local (14:58 UTC)
- Place
- Spanish Fork, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N619THCessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20070703010889A
- Case key
- 66171
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged landing flare resulting in a porpoise and hard touchdown.
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 was damaged during a bounced landing. The student touched down and the airplane entered a series of bounces. The student pilot then performed a go-around. The student's certified flight instructor witnessed the accident and he reported that the student's approach had looked normal. Thereafter, the student returned for landing. During the subsequent examination of the airplane, the nose wheel tire was observed flat, and the wheel's axle and the firewall were found bent.
Factual narrative
On July 3, 2007, about 0858 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N619TH, landed hard at the Spanish Fork-Springville Airport, Spanish Fork, Utah. The airplane was operated by Air Center of Salt Lake. The airplane was substantially damaged. The student pilot was not injured during the solo instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was performed under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and it originated from Salt Lake City, Utah, about 0805.
The pilot's certified flight instructor (CFI) reported to the National Transportation Safety Board investigator that he witnessed the mishap. The CFI reported that he was standing near the departure end of runway 12 and noted that his student's final approach path appeared okay. The airplane bounced during the landing several times and the student performed a go-around. When the student subsequently landed the airplane, the nose tire was observed flat. Upon further examination of the airplane, the nose wheel's axle and the firewall were found bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N619TH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S10343
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Center of Salt Lake
- Registered owner
- J. Scott Hayes Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- U77 · Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport
- U77 · Spanish Fork-Springville, runway 12, 5,700 × 100 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.