# NTSB NYC07CA195: Cessna 172L, N7125Q, Winston-Salem, NC, August 18, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 18, 2007, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Winston-Salem, NC
- Coordinates: 36.133609, -80.221946
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1336&lon=-80.2219&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Greensboro FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66464
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC07CA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66464/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA195

## 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

The student pilot of the C-172L flew a traffic pattern approach to the runway.  As the airplane crossed over the threshold, the pilot reduced the power and noted that the "glide flare was longer than usual."  As the airplane touched down, it "porpoised" several times, during which the nose gear tire "blew,"  and the propeller struck the pavement.  The airplane then traveled off the side of the runway, and came to rest in the grass.  The student pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot of the C-172L flew a traffic pattern approach to the runway.  As the airplane crossed over the threshold, the pilot reduced the power and noted that the "glide flare was longer than usual."  As the airplane touched down, it "porpoised" several times, during which the nose gear tire "blew,"  and the propeller struck the pavement.  The airplane then traveled off the side of the runway, and came to rest in the grass.  The student pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7125Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7125Q), registered now, S/N 17260425, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172L
- Registry model: [Cessna 172L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (registry code 2072432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17260425
- Airframe hours: 13846
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Triad Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 1, 2007
- Departed: INT, Winston-Salem, NC
- Destination: INT, Winston-Salem, NC
- Airport: INT, Smith Reynolds Airport, runway 22, 3,938 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 52; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 8 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.17 inHg
- Observed at: INT

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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