# NTSB ATL88LA167: Cessna 172P, N5495K, Bowling Green, OH, May 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1988, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Bowling Green, OH
- Coordinates: 41.37014, -83.640869 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3701&lon=-83.6409&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7756/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA167

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE REDUCED THE PWR TO IDLE WHILE ON FINAL APPCH AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO HIGH.  HE THEN LOWERED THE NOSE TO 'ACCELERATE THE DESCENT'.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN LONG ON THE RWY AT ABOUT 90 KTS, AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE.  HE BECAME CONCERNED THAT THE AIRPLANE MIGHT OVERRUN THE RWY END, AND PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN TO GET THE AIRPLANE ON THE RWY.  THE NOSEWHEEL HIT THE RWY HARD, AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE ENGINE FIREWALL AND THE PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED DURING THE MISHAP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5495K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5495K), registered now, S/N 17274160, built 1980 (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: 17274160
- Airframe hours: 2768
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Travelair Taxi, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 4, 1988
- Departed: PCW, PORT CLINTON, OH
- Airport: 1G0, Wood County, runway 9, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 18 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Observed at: TOL

## 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 19880507013049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507013049A), May 7, 1988: Cessna 172P, Bowling Green, OH, Substantial damage. Porpoised on landing collapsing the nose gear.

## Other investigations on N5495K (2)

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 WPR24LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA058), Nov 27, 2023: Cessna 172P (N5495K), Las Cruces, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: An encounter with a downdraft during an approach to land, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN14CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA274), May 30, 2014: Cessna 172P (N5495K), Bluffton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in a hard 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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