- Date
- November 20, 1999, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N475ERCessna 172R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19991120041289A
- Case key
- 47851
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Was the pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a hard landing and damage to the aircraft.
Analysis
The pilot stated that during landing touchdown the aircraft bounced and she applied engine power to level off. The aircraft ballooned, touched down on the nose wheel, and bounced again. She regained control, touched down, and taxied off the runway to the parking ramp. Examination of the aircraft by maintenance personnel from the operator showed the nose landing gear, engine firewall, aircraft belly, and propeller were damaged.
Factual narrative
On November 20, 1999, about 1030 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172R, N475ER, registered to MDFC Equipment Leasing Corporation, was damaged during landing at Daytona Beach International Airport, Daytona Beach, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the private-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Daytona Beach, the same day, about 0920.
The pilot stated she was performing a cross-country flight from Daytona Beach to Marathon, Florida. After departure, she encountered weather and returned to Daytona Beach. During landing touchdown the aircraft bounced up and she applied engine power in an attempt to level off. The extra power caused the aircraft to balloon up more and land on the side wheel. The aircraft then bounced again and she regained control and taxied off the runway to the parking ramp. Examination of the aircraft by maintenance personnel from the operator showed the nose landing gear tire was damaged, the engine compartment fire wall was bent, the belly skin was creased, the nose gear steering rods were bent, and the propeller tips were damaged.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N475ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 172R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17280670
- Airframe hours
- 1,086
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Embry-Riddle Aero. Unv.
- Registered owner
- Mdfc Equipment Lsg. Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 10, 1999 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- DAB
- Destination
- MTH · Marathon, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach Int'L, runway 7R, 3,197 × 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 68 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 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.
Other investigations on N475ER · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.