- Date
- May 10, 1993, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54833Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930510012769A
- Case key
- 11939
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in a ground swerve. The gusty wind and proximity of the parked airplane were related factors.
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 student pilot was practicing takeoffs, landings, go-arounds and emergency procedures earlier with his instructor in preparation for his solo flight. According to the instructor, his first takeoff and landing were accomplished successfully. The second takeoff resulted in a go-around. However, a witness reported that on the third landing, the airplane bounced and the pilot added power to go-around, but the airplane bounced a second time and veered off the side of the runway, colliding with a parked airplane. According to the instructor, there was no mechanical malfunction; however, the wind had increased to 14 knots and a wind gust may have played a role in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54833
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275062
- Airframe hours
- 4,004
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Royal Karina Air Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Royal Karina Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000 · 4 hours before
- Destination
- N40
- Airport
- N40 · Sky Manor, runway 7, 2,400 × 48 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TTN, 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.