- Date
- February 16, 2004, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Batavia, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N121UCCessna 172R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Cincinnati
- FAA report
- 20040216006099A
- Case key
- 58752
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare and improper recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was landing on a 3,568-foot-long, asphalt runway. The student pilot said that the airplane touched down on all three wheels and began to bounce. The airplane bounced 5 or 6 times, before coming to rest on the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed damage to the propeller, firewall, and fuselage skin. The student pilot reported 32 hours of total flight experience, which included 2.4 hours of solo flight time.
Factual narrative
On February 16, 2004, about 1600 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172R, N121UC, was substantially damaged while landing at the Clermont County Airport (I69), Batavia, Ohio. The certificated student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The student pilot was landing on runway 4, a 3,568-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. In a written statement, the student pilot said that the airplane touched down on all three wheels and began to bounce. The airplane bounced 5 or 6 times, before coming to rest on the runway.
Examination of the airplane revealed damage to the propeller, firewall, and fuselage skin. The student pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical problems.
The student pilot reported 32 hours of total flight experience, which included 2.4 hours of "solo" flight time.
Winds reported at an airport about 10 miles west of I69, about the time of the accident, were from 40 degrees at 7 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N121UC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17280420
- Airframe hours
- 3,839
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eastern Cincinnati Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 16, 2004 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- I69 · Batavia, OH
- Destination
- I69 · Batavia, OH
- Airport
- I69 · Clermont County, runway 4, 3,568 × 75 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.43 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK, 10 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.