# NTSB ATL85LA241: Cessna 172M, N61769, Peachtree City, GA, August 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1985, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Peachtree City, GA
- Coordinates: 33.389404, -84.560913 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3894&lon=-84.5609&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): 6850
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA241
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6850/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA241

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - flare - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - design stress limits of aircraft - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61769), registered now, S/N 17264787, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17264787
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850808037149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850808037149A), Aug 8, 1985: Cessna 172M, Peachtree City, GA, Substantial damage. Aircraft ballooned, landed hard, bounced and porpoised. Nose gear collapsed on rollout.

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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