Cessna 172N N6317D

Summary

On 11 April 2003 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N6317D, operated by SIU Aviation, was involved in an accident near Carbondale, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 April 2003 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Southern Illinois Airport (MDH)

Coordinates

37.7781, -89.2519

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N6317D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

SIU Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Owensboro → Carbondale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI03LA103

Nobody was injured.

The pilot failed to properly recover from a bounced landing which resulted in the airplane porpoising.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage during a hard landing. The pilot reported she did a go-around on the first landing because she was too high. She reported, "During the second approach I used 20 degrees of flaps. The airplane bounced once and I decided to go around again. On the third approach, I used 10 degrees of flaps and the airplane bounced and then landed." Witnesses reported seeing the airplane "porpoise" down the runway during the first attempted landing, and then it did a go-around. On the second attempt the airplane was fast on final approach and it landed flat. The airplane bounced back in the air and porpoised down the runway. The airplane hit hard on the nose with a "crunch," and then it did a go-around. The witnesses reported the airplane did not climb more that 300-400 feet in the traffic pattern before attempting to land a third time. A witness reported that the pilot landed fast and the airplane "porpoised slightly with the tires bouncing between the mains and nose, but very mild in comparison." The pilot kept the airplane on the runway and taxied back to the hangar.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.