# NTSB NYC07CA046: Cessna 172R, N9421Z, Northhampton, MA, December 10, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 10, 2006, 09:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Northhampton, MA
- Coordinates: 42.230197, -71.529891 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2302&lon=-71.5299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64997
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC07CA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64997/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA046

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

While landing on the runway with a 10-knot right crosswind, the Cessna 172R bounced and drifted left.  The pilot, who possessed 78 total hours of flight experience, stated,  "I attempted to correct for the drift and resettle the aircraft on the runway, when it hit hard again."  Subsequent inspections of the airplane revealed damaged propeller blades and a buckled firewall.  The pilot reported 7 total hours of experience in make and model, and reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

While landing on runway 14, which was 3365 feet long and 50 feet wide, with a 10-knot right crosswind, the Cessna 172R bounced and drifted left.  The pilot, who possessed 78 total hours of flight experience, stated,  "I attempted to correct for the drift and resettle the aircraft on the runway, when it hit hard again."  Subsequent inspections of the airplane revealed damaged propeller blades and a buckled firewall.  The pilot reported 7 total hours of experience in make and model, and reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9421Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9421Z), registered now, S/N 17280267, built 1997 (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 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17280267
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stephen Volkman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 7B2, NORTHAMPTON, MA
- Destination: 7B2
- Airport: 7B2, Northampton Airport, runway 14, 3,365 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 75 total, 5 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots
- Observed at: CEF, 9 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 20061210028239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061210028239A), Dec 10, 2006: Cessna 172R, North Hampton, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) As stated by the pilot, on his last leg of a one hour flight, the pilot [privacy data omitted] departed barnes municipal airport (bdf) enroute to…

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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