# NTSB ATL88LA203: Cessna 172, N7392A, Greenville, SC, June 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1988, 07:40 local (11:40 UTC)
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Coordinates: 34.770359, -82.37944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7704&lon=-82.3794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7780
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7780/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA203

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, dual student (contributing factor)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - go-around - attempted, dual student
  - airspeed - inadequate (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - aborted

## Analysis

THE STUDENT & INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WERE ON A PRACTICE SHORT FIELD APCH, SIMULATING A 50' OBSTACLE. THE CFI RPRTD THAT AS THE ACFT CAME OVER THE THRESHOLD AT ABOUT 40' AGL, THE AIRSPEED WAS 60 MPH & THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED 40 DEG. THE STUDENTREDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE, ESTABLISHED A HIGH SINK RATE & FLARED JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. THE ACFT LANDED HARD & BOUNCED. AFTER BOUNCING TWICE, THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO ADD POWER. THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER & ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND, BUT THE ACFT CLIMBED ONLY 10 TO 15 FT, THEN THE LEFT WING DROPPED & THE ACFT CRASHED BESIDE THE RWY. THE STUDENT SAID THIS WAS THE 1ST TIME HE TRIED A SHORT FIELD LANDING & THAT HE HAD NO PREVIOUS DEMONSTRATION. THE CFI HAD ONLY 397 HRS TOTAL FLT TIME.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7392A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7392A-1991-04-10), registration cancelled 1991-04-10, S/N 29492 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29492
- Airframe hours: 2280
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Steve & Tracy Parrish
- Registered owner: Stephen L & Tracey L Parrish
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 3, 1987, 23 hours before
- Departed: GMU
- Airport: 7AL, Donaldson Center, runway 22, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 397 total, 144 in this make and model, 277 as pilot in command, 48 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GMU, 10 nm away

## 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 19880629024279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880629024279A), Jun 29, 1988: Cessna 172, Greenville, SC, Substantial damage. High sink rate. Hard landing. CFI told student to go around. Power was added, student lost control. Wing hit ground

## Other investigations on N7392A (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 MIA65F0122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65F0122), May 26, 1965: Cessna 172 (N7392A), Tampa, FL, substantial damage

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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