NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC04CA164
Registry · N421RW
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172S
Year of manufacture
2004 · 0 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20040216
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A500E2
Registrant of record
PAC1 LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The pilot's improper flare during touch down, which resulted in a hard landing.
Factual narrative
On June 30, 2004, about 1120 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N421RW, was substantially damaged while landing at Bay Bridge Airport (W29), Stevensville, Maryland. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Tipton Airport (FME), Odenton, Maryland. A visual flight rules flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot stated that while landing on runway 11, his flare was insufficient, which resulted in a hard touch down. The airplane then bounced once, and touched down hard a second time, on the nose gear. The hard landing resulted in a buckled firewall and bent propeller. While landing on runway 11, the pilot's flare was insufficient, which resulted in a hard touch down. The airplane then bounced once, and touched down hard a second time, on the nose gear. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2004_NYC04CA164.txt.
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 · Conference paper
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2015 · Conference paper
Approach Stability from FDM Data
The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott Campus maintains a fleet of twenty four aircraft, which includes sixteen Cessna 172S NavIII and four Diamond DA42NG equipped with flight data monitori…
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