# NTSB CHI82DA354: Cessna 172N, N5117E, Bucyrus, OH, September 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: September 17, 1982, 20:15 local (Sep 18, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Bucyrus, OH
- Coordinates: 40.800659, -82.969833 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8007&lon=-82.9698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70072
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA354
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70072/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA354

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - fence
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

STUDENT PILOT MADE LANDING AND AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY. PILOT MADE GO-AROUND DURING WHICH HE COLLIDED WITH A FENCE BUT CONTINUED FLIGHT. DURING LATER LANDING LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. ELT WAS ACTIVATED BY FENCE. LEFT TIRE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A FLAT SPOT ON IT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5117E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5117E), registered now, S/N 17271719, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271719
- Airframe hours: 569
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stephen A. Auchard
- Registered owner: At Lease Fly Inc.
- Departed: 17G, BUCYRUS, OH
- Destination: 17G, BUCYRUS, OH
- Airport: 17G, Port Bucyrus, runway 22, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 149 °F

## 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 19820917047419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820917047419A), Sep 17, 1982: Cessna 172N, Bucyrus, OH, Destroyed. Aircraft hit fencepost during go around, causing separation of one landing gear. Crash occurred during landing.

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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