# NTSB LAX08CA163: Cessna 172P, N52807, Bremerton, WA, June 4, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 4, 2008, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC) - Place: Bremerton, WA - Coordinates: 47.48722, -122.758888 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4872&lon=-122.7589&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 68178 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX08CA163 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68178/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA163 ## Probable cause The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 39 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings on his first solo flight. After one successful touch-and-go landing, he made a second approach. He maintained 65 knots, lowered 30 degrees of flaps, and followed the glide path. After the airplane touched down on the main gear, it ballooned and the student pilot applied slight forward pressure on the yoke. The nose gear and propeller struck the ground, and the airplane bounced back into the air. He lost control of the airplane as the nose gear and propeller struck the runway several more times. He braked heavily, and the airplane skidded to the side of the runway before stopping. ## Factual narrative In a written statement, the student pilot reported that he was practicing touch-and-go landings on his first solo flight. After one successful touch-and-go landing, he made a second approach. He maintained 65 knots, lowered 30 degrees of flaps, and followed the glide path. After landing, the airplane ballooned and the student pilot applied slight forward pressure on the yoke. The propeller struck the ground, and the airplane bounced back into the air. He was unable to pull back on the yoke because it would not move, and the propeller struck the ground again. He lost control of the airplane as the propeller struck several more times. He braked heavily, and the airplane skidded to the side of the runway before stopping. The pilot indicated that the airplane had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N52807](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52807-2009-07-28), registration cancelled 2009-07-28, S/N 17274611, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172P - Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17274611 - Airframe hours: 1388 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Wings Aloft, Inc. - Registered owner: Lawrence E. Day - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: AAIP, May 1, 2008 - Departed: KPWT, Bremerton, WA - Airport: KPWT, Bremerton National Airport, runway 01, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 25; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 90° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,100 ft overcast - Temperature: 52 °F - Observed at: PWT ## 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 20080604838349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080604838349A), Jun 4, 2008: Cessna 172P, Bremerton, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot was attempting to make his second landing on runway 01 at the Bremerton airport (kpwt) on his first solo flight. The aircraft bounced… ## Other investigations on N52807 (2) 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. - [NTSB SEA94LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA083), Mar 11, 1994: Cessna 172 (N52807), Seattle, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE STUDENT'S IMPROPER FLARE FOR LANDING AND THE INSTRUCTOR'S DELAYED REMEDIAL ACTION. - [NTSB SEA83LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA075), Apr 5, 1983: Cessna 172 PII (N52807), Snohomish, WA, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.