# NTSB NYC00LA188: Cessna 182S, N729AD, White Plains, NY, July 8, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 8, 2000, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC) - Place: White Plains, NY - Coordinates: 41.02927, -73.769752 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0293&lon=-73.7698&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 17, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 51281 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC00LA188 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51281/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA188 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing and her failure to perform a go-around. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The student pilot (SP) was landing on Runway 34, a 6,548 foot long, 150 foot wide, asphalt runway. After touchdown, the airplane began to bounce. The student pilot added engine power; however, she was not able to stop the bouncing and the airplane's nose gear was pushed up and back, into the engine firewall. The SP reported 125 hours of total flight experience, of which, 90 hours were in make and model. ## Factual narrative On July 8, 2000, about 1320 Eastern Daylight Time, a Cessna 182S, N729AD, was substantially damaged while landing at the Westchester County Airport (HPN), White Plains, New York. The certificated student pilot (SP) was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local training flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane was landing on Runway 34, a 6,548 foot long, 150 foot wide, asphalt runway. According to the SP, the airplane landed "flat" and "porpoised." She added engine power; however, she was not able to stop the bouncing. The airplane porpoised three times, and the nose gear was pushed up and back, into the engine firewall. The SP stated she did not have any mechanical problems with the airplane. Winds reported at HPN, at 1345, were from 350 degrees at 9 knots. The SP reported 125 hours of total flight experience, of which, 90 hours were in make and model. The Federal Aviation Administration Airplane Flying Handbook, FAA-H-8083-3, Chapter 8, "Faulty Approaches and Landings," stated in part: "In a bounced landing that is improperly recovered, the airplane comes in nose first setting off a series of motions that imitate the jumps and dives of a porpoise-hence the name...When a porpoise is severe, the safest procedure is to EXECUTE A GO-AROUND IMMEDIATELY. No attempt to salvage the landing should be made...." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N729AD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N729AD-2003-04-29), registration cancelled 2003-04-29, S/N 18280605, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182S - Registry model: [Cessna 182S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (registry code 2072701) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18280605 - Airframe hours: 220 - Engines: Lycoming IO-540 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Douglas B. Seckendorf - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: HPN - Airport: HPN, Westchester County, runway 34, 6,548 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 37; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 125 total, 90 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 350° at 9 knots - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 50 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: HPN ## 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 20000708011579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000708011579A), Jul 8, 2000: Cessna 182S, White Plains, NY, No damage. (-23) The student pilot of Cessna CE-182-S, N729AD, MS. Audrey seckendorf, had requested touch and goes for some landing practice at the Westchester County… 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.