# NTSB NYC04CA070: Cessna 172R, N121UC, Batavia, OH, February 16, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: February 16, 2004, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Batavia, OH
- Coordinates: 39.078334, -84.209999
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0783&lon=-84.2100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 28, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Cincinnati
- NTSB case key (mKey): 58752
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58752/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA070

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare and improper recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121UC), registered now, S/N 17280420, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172R
- Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17280420
- Airframe hours: 3839
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 23; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20040216006099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040216006099A), Feb 16, 2004: Cessna 172R, Batavia, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) On February 16, 2004, at 1600 EST, a Cessna 172R, N121UC, registered to eastern cincinnati aviation inc., made a hard landing at Clermont 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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