- Date
- April 29, 1993, 11:29 local (18:29 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N401KACessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930429036809A
- Case key
- 27965
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Probable cause
That the pilot misjudged the flare and failed to properly recover from the ensuing bounced landing. The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point was a factor.
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 pilot failed to properly recover from a bounced landing which subsequently collapsed the nose landing gear. The pilot landed long with 1/3 to 1/4 of the runway length remaining. The pilot reported that the airplane did not experience any mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N401KA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 68937
- Airframe hours
- 3,920
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- King Aviation
- Registered owner
- Chrysilious, Chryilou
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 2, 1993 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- AVX · Avalon, CA
- Airport
- SMO · Santa Monica Muni, runway 21, 4,987 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 557 total · 250 in this make and model · 474 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMO, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.