- Date
- December 12, 1982, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cincinnati, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62332Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821212064519A
- Case key
- 70253
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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.
Hard landing
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - attemptedFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The student pilot touched down on runway 06, bounced, the nose gear collapsed and the pilot loss direction control. The aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62332
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275251
- Airframe hours
- 453
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Maria Gousios
- Registered owner
- Maria Gousios
- Departed
- 1G1 · Elyria, OH
- Destination
- 219 · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- I-77 · Blue Ash, runway 6, 3,500 × 75 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 10 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N62332 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC01LA078Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMiamisburg, OHThe pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Factors included the nighttime conditions, and the pilot's improper decision to leave the runway lighting at high intensity.NTSB IAD97LA046Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChesapeake, OHthe pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude during the approach at night. Related factors were: darkness, and the pilot's lack of night flying experience.