- Date
- May 26, 1983, 20:00 local (May 27, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pikeville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N738QDCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830526021829A
- Case key
- 6072
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Analysis
The acft made a hard landing, bounced, landed on the nose gear and repeated this sequence twice. Then the acft veered off the runways right side and careened down an embankment. The pilots reports stated that the acft was landed on the nose gear twice. The 2nd impact was followed by loss of control, runway departure and roll down a hill.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738QD
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270147
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Twin Eagles Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982
- Airport
- Pike County, runway 2, 3,400 × 70 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.