# NTSB WPR12CA194: Cessna 207A, N207YH, Grangeville, ID, May 8, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 8, 2012, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: Grangeville, ID - Coordinates: 45.942501, -116.123336 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9425&lon=-116.1233&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 18, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 83556 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR12CA194 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83556/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83556 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA194 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of airplane control. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 207A, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073605), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 207A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2073605), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 207A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2073605), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 207A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2073605), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna 207A, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073605), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot said that the airplane landed on all three wheels and bounced back into the air. The airplane stalled, impacted the runway, and bounced into the air again. The airplane then landed on its nosewheel, which resulted in a broken wheel and a flat tire. The airplane then slid off the left side of the runway, where the left wing contacted the ground and sustained substantial damage. ## Factual narrative The pilot said the airplane landed on all three wheels and bounced back into the air. The airplane stalled, impacted the runway, and bounced into the air again. The airplane then landed on its nose wheel resulting in a broken wheel and flat tire. The airplane slid off the left side of the runway, and the left wing contacted terrain and sustained substantial damage. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N207YH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N207YH), registered now, S/N 20700637, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A - Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073605) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (registry code 17237, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20700637 - Airframe hours: 4781 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Inter-State Aviation Inc - Registered owner: Inter-State Aviation Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, March 17, 2012 - Departed: LWS, Lewiston, ID - Destination: GIC, Grangeville, ID - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: GIC, Idaho County Airport, runway 07, 5,101 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 29, 2011; seat: left; flight hours: 1,010 total, 296 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 340° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.12 inHg - Observed at: LWS, 45 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 20120508007639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120508007639A), May 8, 2012: Cessna 207A, Grangeville, ID, Substantial damage. The pilot lost control of the Cessna 207 aircraft upon landing at the grangeviille, Idaho airport (gic). This particular flight was conducted under FAR part… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 24, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83556. 1.7 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40368140&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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.