- Date
- June 22, 1987, 18:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Belton, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8105XCessna 172B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870622030419A
- Case key
- 7459
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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 reported that while on short final he experienced a downdraft which caused him to land hard. The aircraft bounced and went off the left side of the sod strip. The pilot lost control of the aircraft after it bounced. The pilot estimated that surface winds were 8 knots out of the south. No preimpact malfunctions/failures were determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8105X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17248605
- Airframe hours
- 3,317
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Freeman
- Registered owner
- James A Freeman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 1987 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- LQK · Pickens, SC
- Destination
- Belton, SC
- Airport
- Oak Hill Park, runway 10, 2,400 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 205 total · 175 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.