- Date
- January 21, 1992, 19:17 local (Jan 22, 1992, 01:17 UTC)
- Place
- Gadsden, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35308Cessna 172I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920121000679A
- Case key
- 8555
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Probable cause
The improper recovery from a bounced landing by the pilot under examination, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control. Inadequate supervision by the designated examiner was a factor.
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 was taking his private pilot flight check. The final landing was being accomplished, at night, which was a short field landing over a simulated 50 foot obstacle. The landing light, taxi light, and runway lights were on. At touchdown the airplane bounced and the pilot under examination began a go-around at a very slow airspeed. Full power and right rudder were applied. The airplane yawed left and full right rudder and right aileron was applied. The airplane veered off of the runway, then traveled about 75-100 feet, and struck the wind sock pole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35308
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256704
- Airframe hours
- 2,780
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Liberty Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Liberty Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1991 · 27 hours before
- Airport
- GAD · Gadsden Municipal, runway 24, 6,803 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 0° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GAD, 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.