# NTSB ATL91LA082: Cessna 172P, N62340, Hatteras, NC, April 7, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 7, 1991, 12:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Hatteras, NC
- Coordinates: 35.219497, -75.679718 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2195&lon=-75.6797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8395
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL91LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8395/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA082

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER LANDING FLARE, SUBSEQUENT INADVERTENT PORPOISE, AND HIS FAILURE TO EXECUTE A BOUNCED LANDING RECOVERY.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE LOW TIME PRIVATE PILOT WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WITH THREE PASSENGERS.  ON LANDING THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED, PORPOISED, & TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED REARWARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N62340](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62340-1996-04-05), registration cancelled 1996-04-05, S/N 17275252 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275252
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Fayetteville Air Service
- Departed: FAY, FAYETTEVILLE, NC
- Destination: 8W5, HATTERAS, NC
- Airport: 8W5, Billy Mitchell, runway 24, 2,997 × 76 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 70 total, 3 in this make and model, 45 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: 8W5, 1 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 19910407050509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910407050509A), Apr 7, 1991: Cessna 172P, Hatteras, NC, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Collapsed nose gear and bent firewall.

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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