# NTSB NYC01LA055: Cessna 172M, N80854, Mount Sterling, KY, December 9, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 9, 2000, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Mount Sterling, KY
- Coordinates: 38.059505, -83.939231 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0595&lon=-83.9392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51308
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC01LA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51308/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA055

## Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

The student pilot was practicing solo takeoffs and landings to Runway 03.  During one of the landings, in the flare, the airplane 'ballooned'.  The student pilot failed to apply corrective action, and the nose gear struck the runway. The airplane then began to 'porpoise,' and travel off the left side of the runway.  The nose gear dug into grass, and the airplane came to rest inverted.  The reported winds at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 090 degrees at 6 knots.

## Factual narrative

On December 9, 2000, about 1300 Eastern Standard Time, a Cessna 172M, N80854, was substantially damaged while landing at the Montgomery County Airport (IOB), Mount Sterling, Kentucky.  The certificated student pilot received minor injuries.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

The student pilot departed IOB solo about 1230, to practice takeoffs and landings.  The student pilot stated that while landing on Runway 03, in the flare, "...the plane ballooned and I did not correct for it."  He added that the nose gear struck the runway, and the airplane "porpoised."  The airplane then traveled off the left side of the runway.  The nose gear dug into the grass, and the airplane came to rest inverted.

The student pilot reported that he had approximately 56 hours of total flight experience; of which, about 20 hours were solo experience.

The reported winds at IOB, at 1245, were 090 degrees at 6 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80854](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80854-2006-05-31), registration cancelled 2006-05-31, S/N 17266773, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17266773
- Airframe hours: 7500
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Kentucky Airmotive
- Registered owner: Hill Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 30, 2000, 25 hours before
- Departed: IOB
- Airport: IOB, Montgomery County Airport, runway 3, 5,002 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 56 total, 32 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IOB

## 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 20001209040549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001209040549A), Dec 9, 2000: Cessna 172M, Mount Sterling, KY, Substantial damage. (.4)On December 9, 2000, about 1300 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172M, N80854, was substantially damaged while landing at the Montgomery County Airport…

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.

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