# Accident 19960718036259A: Cessna 172M, Tremont City, OH, July 18, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1996, 20:15 local time
- Place: Tremont City, OH
- Airport: Mad River Inc Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0191° N, 83.8398° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0191&lon=-83.8398&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9731V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9731V-2006-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 17 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960718036259A

## Narrative

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

BALLOONED ON FLAIR. USED AFT YOKE. DROPPED TO RUNWAY. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR. FLIPPED OVER. (-23) ON 2ND LANDING OF DAY, STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT BALLOONED ON FLARE OUT, THE AIRCRAFT THEN DROPPED ON NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER, THEN TURNED OVER CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 IAD96LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA119), Jul 19, 1996: Cessna 172M (N9731V), Tremont City, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's misjudged flare which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N9731V (1)

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

- [Accident 20040718026519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040718026519A), Jul 18, 2004: Cessna 172M (N9731V), Brookville, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On July 18, 2004, at 1858 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N9731V, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during an aborted landing at…

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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