# NTSB NYC01LA163: Cessna 172P, N54576, Stevensville, MD, July 2, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 2, 2001, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC) - Place: Stevensville, MD - Coordinates: 38.990787, -76.299705 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9908&lon=-76.2997&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 7, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 52618 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC01LA163 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52618/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA163 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper flare and his improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause) - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54576), registered now, S/N 17275003 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172P - Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17275003 - Airframe hours: 10871 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20010702017779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010702017779A), Jul 2, 2001: Cessna 172P, Stevensville, MD, No damage. (-23) Pilot landed hard on runway 11 at W29 and porpoised the aircraft damaging the firewall. The pilot admitted he made an error. ## Other investigations on N54576 (2) 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. - [NTSB ERA26LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA073), Dec 20, 2025: Cessna 172P (N54576), Browns Corner, VA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB NYC82DA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA074), Apr 19, 1982: Cessna 172 (N54576), Morristown, NJ, substantial damage 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.