- Date
- October 8, 2022, 16:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73614Cessna 172M
- 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
- SEA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20221008019139A
- Case key
- 106119
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Probable cause
The pilots improper landing flare and remedial action which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.
Findings · 4
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 reported that, during the landing approach the winds were shifting, but he was still confident a landing could be achieved. The airplane then touched down hard and bounced. He attempted to ease back pressure on the control yoke, but the nose began to lower. The nose wheel subsequently struck the ground with an accompanying loud noise. The forward fuselage and firewall were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation, and that the accident could have been avoided if he had applied full power and performed a go-around after the first touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73614
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267578
- Built
- 1976
- Airframe hours
- 8,228
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 02J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cascade Aviation, doing business as Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 22, 2022 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- KBVS · Burlington, WA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- BVS · Skagit Rgnl, runway 29, 5,480 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- 71
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Waiver time limited special
- Last flight review
- September 30, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 12,340 total · 71 in this make and model · 7,078 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- BVS
- METAR
- METAR KBVS 082155Z AUTO 29009KT 10SM CLR 21/13 A3015 RMK A01=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 31, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.5 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.
Other investigations on N73614 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.