# NTSB ATL82DA215: Cessna 172N, N4670J, Somerset, KY, July 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 25, 1982, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Somerset, KY
- Coordinates: 37.080448, -84.599433 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0804&lon=-84.5994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72645
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72645/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA215

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PIOT WAS ON A CONTROLLED CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. WHILE LANDING AT THE FIRST EN ROUTE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED DURING THE LANDING AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4670J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17273661
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Dr. R.A. Repass
- Registered owner: Tri-Cities Aviation, Inc.
- Departed: TRI, TRI-CITIES, TN
- Destination: MOULTRIE, GA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: SME, Somerset-Pulaski

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820725031509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820725031509A), Jul 25, 1982: Cessna 172N, Somerset, KY, Substantial damage. Student pilot on solo crosscountry made hard landing, collapsing nose wheel.

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.

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