# Accident 19910704025929A: Cessna 172P, Lakeview, AR, July 4, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1991, 17:00 local time
- Place: Lakeview, AR
- Airport: Gastons Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3702° N, 92.5299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3702&lon=-92.5299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64344, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64344) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 10 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910704025929A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FAILED TO FLARE FOR LANDING. BOUNCED,PORPOISED,COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND SLID TO A STOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW91LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA116), Jul 4, 1991: Cessna 172P (N64344), Lakeview, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: (1) THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY FLARE THE AIRPLANE FOR LANDING AND (2) HIS SUBSEQUENT IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

## Other reports on N64344 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20220904017009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220904017009I), Sep 4, 2022: Cessna 172P (N64344), Dauphin Island, AL, Minor damage. The pilot landed on the dry 3000 x 80 foot asphalt runway 12 and passed both the A2 and A1 taxiway turnoffs to parking. The aircraft continued 70 feet beyond…
- [Accident 20090819051569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090819051569A), Aug 19, 2009: Cessna 172P (N64344), Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot on landing at Pensacola, FL airport (pns) made a hard landing, nose low position. Pilot did not notify anyone of accident and damage to aircraft…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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