# Accident 19920614022779A: Cessna 172P, Auburn, AL, June 14, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1992, 15:35 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Airport: Auburn-Opelika G Pitts Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DW8S
- Location: 32.5907° N, 85.4804° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5907&lon=-85.4804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97883, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97883) (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: 96 total, 6 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920614022779A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON HARD LANDING. ELECTED GO AROUND. IMPACT JAMMED ELEVATOR. LANDED USING TRIM TAB.NOSE GEAR FIREWALL DAMAGE

## 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 ATL92LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA125), Jun 14, 1992: Cessna 172 (N97883), Auburn, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER LANDING FLARE, AND HIS IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

## Other reports on N97883 (1)

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

- [Accident 20221006021169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221006021169A), Oct 6, 2022: Cessna 172P (N97883), Newport News, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. A Cessna 172, departed runway 20, entered a steep (nose-high) pitch attitude. The airplane began to turn left while in this nose-high attitude and reached an…

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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