- Date
- March 10, 1985, 11:27 local (16:27 UTC)
- Place
- Charlottesville, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1564ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11165
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The plt reported that during an apch to land, moderate turbulence was encountered & that the winds were variable. Since the acft was low & fast, he adjusted the power & extended 10 then 20 deg of flaps. Crossing the threshold, he retarded the throttle to idle & subsequently entered an excessive rate of descent. The acft bounced after touching down & began to porpoise. After the 3rd bounce, with the throttle still closed, the plt elected to go around. He applied power & aborted the landing. Once in the pattern, he realized there was damage & made a fly-by, but tower psnl could not verify the damage. On the 2nd landing, the acft ballooned & bounced again. After several bounces, the nose gear collapsed & the acft was stopped on the rwy.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1564E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271048
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dulles Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Michel S. Kulick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- W10 · Manassas, VA
- Airport
- CHO · Charlottesville Albemarle, runway 21, 6,001 × 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 77 total · 22 in this make and model · 47 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHO