19821221068919A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna R172K · Scottsboro, AL · December 21, 1982

Date
December 21, 1982
Place
Scottsboro, AL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N758NT
Reported as
Cessna R172K
Reported engine
Continental IO360K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total15 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Bounced and porpoised from a severe hard landing. Then flew aircraft with structural damage. Grave misjudgment.

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED FROM A SEVERE HARD LANDING. THEN FLEW AIRCRAFT WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. GRAVE MISJUDGMENT.