- Date
- August 8, 1985, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Peachtree City, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61769Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850808037149A
- Case key
- 6850
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot was renewing proficiency in light acft. On first touch and go landing, according to his statement during phone interview, he flared, acft ballooned, landed hard and porpoised. During ensuing roll out nose of acft settled and prop contacted runway. Acft was stopped and when examined nose gear found to have collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61769
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264787
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Buck Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 2AD · Falcon Field, runway 31, 4,600 × 50 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,150 total · 175 in this make and model · 2,958 as pilot in command · 158 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.