# NTSB NYC07CA131: Cessna 172S, N2298W, Raleigh-Durham, NC, June 2, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 2, 2007, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Coordinates: 35.877498, -78.787223
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8775&lon=-78.7872&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 27, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65912
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC07CA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65912/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA131

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper 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
  - terrain condition - runway
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

According to the pilot of the C-172S, while he was performing a flare for landing on runway 32, he heard a noise consistent with a tire skid.  The airplane then "ballooned," and bounced "hard a couple of times" before landing.  Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the nose of the airplane.  The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot of the C-172S, while he was performing a flare for landing on runway 32, he heard a noise consistent with a tire skid.  The airplane then "ballooned," and bounced "hard a couple of times" before landing.  Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the nose of the airplane.  The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2298W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2298W), registered now, S/N 172S9968, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172S
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S9968
- Airframe hours: 222
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: FlightGest Incorporated
- Registered owner: Goli Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 1, 2007
- Departed: HBI, Asheboro, NC
- Destination: RDU, Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: RDU, Raleigh-Durham International, runway 32, 3,570 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 36; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.03 inHg
- Observed at: RDU

## 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 20070602009879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070602009879A), Jun 2, 2007: Cessna 172S, Raleigh/Durham, NC, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] on return to Raleigh, north carolina (rdu) from a solo cross-country flight landed on runway 32, following several hard…

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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