# NTSB WPR22LA167: Cessna 172R, N9572W, Redding, CA, April 25, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 25, 2022, 16:39 local (23:39 UTC) - Place: Redding, CA - Coordinates: 40.508972, -122.29338 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&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: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 105014 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA167 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105014/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105014 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA167 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper landing flare and remedial action which resulted in a bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 75 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 559 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/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 172R, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The solo student pilot of the airplane reported that, during the landing flare, he pulled back on the control yoke too fast causing the airplane to momentarily climb. While correcting, the airplane touched down and bounced several times on the runway resulting in substantial damage to the forward fuselage. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9572W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9572W), registered now, S/N 17280544, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R - Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17280544 - Year built: 1998 - Airframe hours: 9213 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-L2A 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Iasco Flight Training Inc - Registered owner: Iasco Flight Training Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2022, 8.9 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: RDD, Redding Municipal Airport, runway 16, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 23; injuries: none; student; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 0 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 29.91 inHg - Icing: Unknown - Turbulence: Unknown - Observed at: KRDD - METAR: KRDD 252353Z 20010KT 10SM CLR 26/05 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP123 T02610050 10267 20200 58025 ## 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 20220425002729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220425002729A), Apr 25, 2022: Cessna 172R, Redding, CA, Substantial damage. Evidence of the wreckage from N360WM as well as a written statement from The pilot and a video taken from his instructor indicate that the aircraft attempted… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 19, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105014. 6.2 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13803575&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20signed_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo array-courtesy of the operator (item 2, PDF, 8 pages, 8 photos, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13803393&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-courtesy%20of%20the%20operator-Rel.pdf - Video (item 3, MOV, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13802907&FileExtension=MOV&FileName=20220425_233917000_iOS-Rel.MOV From the NTSB's public API. 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