# NTSB ATL85LMG07: Cessna 172N, N737LH, Anderson, SC, September 7, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1985, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Anderson, SC
- Coordinates: 34.510669, -82.639602 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5107&lon=-82.6396&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): 6890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LMG07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6890/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LMG07

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND AS HE WAS LANDING & THE NOSE WENT UP. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT LANDED HARD & WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N737LH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737LH), registered now, S/N 17269497, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172694
- Airframe hours: 32184
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Melvin & Joe Robinson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 1, 1985, 394 hours before
- Departed: 7A0, GREENVILLE, SC
- Airport: AND, Anderson County, runway 23, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 81; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 530 total, 30 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AND

## 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 19850907048329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850907048329A), Sep 7, 1985: Cessna 172N, Anderson, SC, Substantial damage. Made a hard landing damaging propeller and nose gear. Landed downwind.

## Other investigations on N737LH (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI82DA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA022), Jan 8, 1982: Cessna 172N (N737LH), Sandusky, OH, substantial damage

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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