# NTSB MIA06CA113: Cessna 172R, N498CR, Kissimmee, FL, May 30, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 30, 2006, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Coordinates: 28.289722, -81.437225
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2897&lon=-81.4372&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63878
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA06CA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63878/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA113

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The student pilot stated that after touchdown, the airplane "hit hard and bounced forward and to the left about four or five times."  Three runway lights were damaged and the belly of the airplane incurred substantial damage.  According to the pilot, prior to the accident, there was no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems.

## Factual narrative

On May 30, 2006, about 1415 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172R, N498CR, registered to World Aircraft Management, Inc., and operated by Orlando Flight Training, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, made a hard landing at Kissimmee Gateway Airport, Kissimmee, Florida.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed.  The student-rated pilot was not injured and the airplane incurred substantial damage.  The flight originated at Kissimmee, Florida the same day, about 1400.

The student pilot stated that he was on a solo flight, and was performing touch- and-go landings on runway 33. He further stated that during his last landing flare/touchdown, the airplane hit hard and bounced forward and to the left about four or five times, before exiting the runway onto the grass. The airplane impacted three runway lights, and its belly incurred structural damage.  According to the student, prior to the accident, there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N498CR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N498CR-2010-03-22), registration cancelled 2010-03-22, S/N 17280674, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172R
- Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0-360-B1E](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (registry code 41559, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17280674
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-L2A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Orlando Flight Training
- Registered owner: World Aircraft Management, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ISM, Kissimmee, FL
- Destination: ISM, Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: ISM, Kissimmee Gateway, runway 33, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 44; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 95 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: ISM, 1 nm away

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.