- Date
- August 8, 1987, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62953Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870808043919A
- Case key
- 7233
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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.
Analysis
The pilot flared too high on landing and the aircraft bounced on touchdown. The pilot did not use the proper technique to recover from the bounced landing and lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft departed from the runway and struck two taxi lights and a windsock pole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62953
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275367
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-02J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter J.Buerling
- Registered owner
- Lavern W. Luepker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 23, 1987 · 78 hours before
- Airport
- 1G3 · Kent State Univ., runway 1, 3,065 × 60 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 63 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N62953 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.