# NTSB ATL83LA200: Cessna 172N, N738QD, Pikeville, KY, May 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1983, 20:00 local (May 27, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Pikeville, KY
- Coordinates: 37.469532, -82.510833 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4695&lon=-82.5108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6072
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA200
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6072/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA200

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17270147
- Airframe hours: 1650
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830526021829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830526021829A), May 26, 1983: Cessna 172N, Pikeville, KY, Substantial damage. Student pilot allowed aircraft to wheel barrow and lost directional control causing crash off side of runway.

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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