# NTSB MIA07CA008: Cessna 172S, N401ER, Ormond Beach, FL, October 21, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 21, 2006, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC) - Place: Ormond Beach, FL - Coordinates: 29.300832, -81.122779 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3008&lon=-81.1228&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 26, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 64753 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA07CA008 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64753/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA008 ## Probable cause The failure of the student pilot to initiate a recovery from the bounced landing resulting in a hard landing. ## 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 - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport and was cleared by air traffic control to land on runway 8. The flight turned from the downwind leg onto base, then onto final approach and with 30-degrees of flaps extended, attempted to maintain 61 knots for the practice short field landing. She began to flare but felt the main landing gear wheels "skid against the pavement" and the airplane then became airborne. She maintained the aft elevator input and again felt the main landing gear wheels skid on the runway and the airplane became airborne again. After the third touchdown the airplane remained on the runway and she taxied to the ramp. According to the NTSB "Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report" form, witness reported seeing a flat approach, contact with the runway, then the airplane porpoised. The recommendations section of the report indicates that a go-around should have been performed upon first indication of a faulty approach. ## Factual narrative On October 21, 2006, about 1315 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N401ER, registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, operated by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, bounced during landing at the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, Ormond Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight from Daytona Beach International Airport, Daytona Beach, Florida, to Ormond Beach Municipal Airport. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 1245, from Daytona Beach International Airport. The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport and was cleared by air traffic control to land on runway 8. The flight turned from the downwind leg onto base, then onto final approach and with 30-degrees of flaps extended, attempted to maintain 61 knots for the practice short field landing. She began to flare but felt the main landing gear wheels "skid against the pavement" and the airplane then became airborne. She maintained the aft elevator input and again felt the main landing gear wheels skid on the runway and the airplane became airborne again. After the third touchdown the airplane remained on the runway and she taxied to the ramp. According to the NTSB "Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report" form, a witness reported seeing a flat approach, contact with the runway, then the airplane porpoised. The recommendations section of the report indicates that a go-around should have been performed upon first indication of a faulty approach. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N401ER](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401ER-2012-11-30), registration cancelled 2012-11-30, S/N 172S10057, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172S - Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 172S10057 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-L2A 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Registered owner: Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KDAB, Daytona Beach, FL - Destination: KOMN, Ormond Beach, FL - Airport: KOMN, Ormond Beach Municipal, runway 8, 4,004 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 19; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 89 total, 89 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20061021024689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061021024689A), Oct 21, 2006: Cessna 172S, Ormond Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) While on a solo training flight the student made a misjudgment on the flare attitude of the aircraft. This caused the aircraft to land flat which caused… 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. 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