- Date
- March 6, 2022, 16:15 local (Mar 7, 2022, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- San Carlos, CA · N37°30.71' / W122°14.97'
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N653NDCessna 172S
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- 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 FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220306003689A
- Case key
- 104781
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a bounced landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the airplane reported that, while on short final to land, the airplane experienced a sudden loss of airspeed due to windshear. The pilot continued the approach and reported that he flared too high, and the airplane bounced during landing. He elected to go around, and during the second landing the airplane bounced again. During the third landing attempt, the pilot successfully landed the airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage undercarriage. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation station located on the airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 330° at 12 knots. The pilot reported that during the accident flight, the wind was at 12 knots, gusting to 20 knots. The airplane landed on runway 30.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N653ND
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S (172S11469)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S11469
- Built
- 2014
- Airframe hours
- 6,515.6
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 2,700 lbs thrust, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pelican Flight Training LLC, doing business as Fly Bay Area
- Registered owner
- Und Aerospace Foundation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 31, 2022 · 53.8 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KSQL · San Carlos Airport, runway 30, 2,621 × 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
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 10, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 32 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.26 inHg
- Observed at
- KSQL, 13 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KSQL 062247Z 33012KT 10SM FEW026 16/06 A3026=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.