# NTSB ATL87DEI11: Cessna 172P, N62953, Stow, OH, August 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1987, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Stow, OH
- Coordinates: 41.170795, -81.430931 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1708&lon=-81.4309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7233
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DEI11
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7233/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DEI11

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - runway light (contributing factor)
  - object - pole (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62953), registered now, S/N 17275367, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275367
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870808043919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870808043919A), Aug 8, 1987: Cessna 172P, Stow, OH, Substantial damage. Hard landing. Touch and go landings. Lost directional control. Veered off runway. Collided with a windsock pole.

## Other investigations on N62953 (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 NYC99LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA137), Jun 11, 1999: Cessna 172 (N62953), Ravenna, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing.

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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