# Accident 20140530007589A: Cessna 172P, Bluffton, OH, May 30, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2014, 14:30 local time
- Place: Bluffton, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8904° N, 83.8795° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8904&lon=-83.8795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5495K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5495K) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA274) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140530007589A

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 5, AT APPROXIMATELY 60 KNOTS, A "SLIGHT" GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND RESULTING IN MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN14CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA274), May 30, 2014: Cessna 172P (N5495K), Bluffton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N5495K (2)

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

- [Accident 20231127021579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231127021579A), Nov 27, 2023: Cessna 172P (N5495K), Las Cruces, NM, Substantial damage. On November 27, 2023, at 1020 MST, a Cessna 172, flown by a fixed-wing student pilot (who also holds a commercial pilot certificate-rotorcraft) experienced an…
- [Accident 19880507013049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507013049A), May 7, 1988: Cessna 172P (N5495K), Bowling Green, OH, Substantial damage. Porpoised on landing collapsing the nose gear.

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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