- Date
- March 10, 1985, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Vista, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3227LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850310006489A
- Case key
- 6759
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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
Proper glidepath - not attainedCause
Flare - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Rudder - improper use ofCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
Acft slipped on final due to being high. Landed hard and bounced. On second touchdown rudder was still applied and acft veered off runway colliding with ditch bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3227L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256127
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Doyle K. Pair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CSG · Columbus, GA
- Destination
- 82A · Buena Vista, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 82A · Marion County, runway 32, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 352 total · 250 in this make and model · 301 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.