# NTSB NYC06CA189: Cessna 172P, N97650, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 29, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 29, 2006, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC) - Place: Poughkeepsie, NY - Coordinates: 41.626388, -73.884162 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6264&lon=-73.8842&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 29, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Teterboro - NTSB case key (mKey): 64230 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA189 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64230/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA189 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper flare and failure to 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 - not performed, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The student pilot was conducting his first solo flight, and was on approach to land on runway 24, a 5,001-foot-long, asphalt runway. He reported that the airplane touched down a little harder than he expected, bounced, and began to porpoise. The airplane subsequently came to a stop on the runway; however, the firewall, and nose landing gear were substantially damaged. The student pilot reported that he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane, and he had accumulated about 45 hours of total flight time. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 240 degrees at 6 knots. ## Factual narrative The student pilot was conducting his first solo flight in the Cessna 172P, and was on approach to land on runway 24, a 5,001-foot-long, asphalt runway. He reported that the airplane touched down a little harder than he expected, bounced, and began to porpoise. The airplane subsequently came to a stop on the runway; however, the firewall, and nose landing gear were substantially damaged. The student pilot reported that he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane, and he had accumulated about 45 hours of total flight time. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 240 degrees at 6 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N97650](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97650), registered now, S/N 17276218 (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: 17276218 - Airframe hours: 5655 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: American Flyers - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 2006 - Departed: HPN, White Plains, NY - Destination: POU, Poughkeepsie, NY ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 41; injuries: none; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 240° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 68 °F - Altimeter: 29.89 inHg - Observed at: POU ## 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 20060729025619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060729025619A), Jul 29, 2006: Cessna 172P, Poughkeepsie, NY, Destroyed. (-23) First solo for a part 141 school student who was allowed to depart khpn and fly, unsupervised, 35NM to kpou for landings. (Judged a capable student, by… ## Other investigations on N97650 (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 CHI94LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA122), Mar 23, 1994: Cessna 172P (N97650), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor associated with the accident was the crosswind. - [NTSB CHI91LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA249), Aug 2, 1991: Cessna 172 (N97650), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE A GUSTY CROSSWIND LANDING ENVIRONMENT AND A DITCH. 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.