- Date
- August 23, 2021, 12:28 local (19:28 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA · airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737GLCessna 172N
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 103777
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced hard landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during touchdown, the airplane bounced multiple times before he added power to go around. The pilot subsequently went around and landed without further incident. The lower fuselage and interior floorboards sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737GL
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269406
- Built
- 1977
- Airframe hours
- 4,542.6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying Panthers Flight School
- Registered owner
- Flying Panthers Flight School
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 2021 · 25.9 hours before
- Departed
- KMCC · Sacramento, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- HWD · Hayward Exec, runway 10L/28R, 3,107 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 7, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 138.8 total · 15.6 in this make and model · 94.9 as pilot in command · 15.5 in the last 90 days · 6.9 in the last 30 days · 1.1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- KHWD
- METAR
- METAR KHWD 231854Z 30006KT 10SM CLR 20/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02000128=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 18, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.7 MB in all.