- Date
- September 23, 1987, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Murfreesboro, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733JZCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870923057259A
- Case key
- 7524
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Go-around - not performedCause
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
During a practice landing the aircraft bounced three times which resulted in the failure of the nose gear structural support. The pilot said that he experienced gusty wind conditions prior to touchdown. The pilot did not properly compensate for or anticipate the wind conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733JZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268342
- Airframe hours
- 2,076
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Fayetteville Aviation
- Registered owner
- M & M Air Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 5, 1987 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- Fayetteville, TN
- Airport
- Murfreesboro Muni Airport, runway 36, 3,700 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 21 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.