- Date
- July 2, 2001, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Stevensville, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54576Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20010702017779A
- Case key
- 52618
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and his improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final approach for the runway, the airplane was "above glide path and remained too high throughout final." With a view of ample runway ahead, the pilot "decided to continue with the landing rather than go around." The airplane touched down, bounced back into the air, and "ballooned excessively." The pilot added power to recover from the bounced landing, touched down a second time, and the airplane began to porpoise. The nose wheel tire then ruptured and the propeller struck the asphalt. According to the Federal Aviation Administration Airplane Flying Handbook, the proper technique for recovery from "excessive" "Floating During Roundout", and "Ballooning During Roundout," was "EXECUTE A GO-AROUND IMMEDIATELY."
Factual narrative
On July 2, 2001, about 1710 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N54576, was substantially damaged while landing at the Bay Bridge Airport, Stevensville, Maryland. The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, as he approached the airport, he was advised that the winds were from 060 degrees at 5 knots. The pilot entered the final approach leg to runway 11, a 2,903 foot long, 60 foot wide, asphalt runway, "above glide path and remained too high throughout final." With a view of ample runway ahead, the pilot "decided to continue with the landing rather than go around." The airplane touched down, bounced back into the air, and "ballooned excessively." The pilot added power to recover from the bounced landing, touched down a second time, and the airplane began to porpoise. The nose wheel tire then ruptured and the propeller struck the asphalt. The airplane came to rest upright.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration Airplane Flying Handbook, the proper technique for recovery from "excessive" "Floating During Roundout", and "Ballooning During Roundout," was "EXECUTE A GO-AROUND IMMEDIATELY."
The winds reported by a nearby airport, about the time of the accident, were calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54576
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275003
- Airframe hours
- 10,871
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Freeway Airport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 30, 2001 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- W00 · Mitchellville, MD
- Destination
- W29 · Stevensville, MD
- Airport
- W29 · Bay Bridge Airport, runway 11, 2,903 × 60 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
- 63
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- August 11, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 266 total · 265 in this make and model · 66 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 20 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 N54576 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.