# NTSB CHI83LA203: Cessna 172, N8084B, Evansville, IN, May 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 6, 1983, 13:22 local (18:22 UTC)
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Coordinates: 38.029281, -87.579086 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0293&lon=-87.5791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12166
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12166/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA203

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - control interference - improper, passenger (cause)
  - stall - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT BALLOONED DURING LANDING AND STALLED COMING DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT DRAGGEDBOTH WING TIPS DURING THE SEQUENCE. THE PLT SAID THE LANDING WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN A GUSTOF WIND LIFTED THE ACFT 3-4 FT. THE ACFT STALLED. THE PLT WAS TOLD LATER THAT ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS GRABBED THE YOKE AND PUSHED THE RUDDER WHEN THE GUST LIFTED THE PLANE. A WITNESS SAID THE ACFT MADE A SLOW APPROACH WITH FULL FLAPS AND BALLOONED TO 5-7 FT AGL. AT THE TOP OF THE BALLOON IT PITCHED ABRUPTLY DOWN WITH RIGHT WING LOW.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8084B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29884
- Airframe hours: 6459
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tri State Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 16, 1983
- Airport: EVV, Evansville Dress Reg., runway 18, 5,080 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 100 total, 16 in this make and model, 100 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 19 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EVV

## 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 19830506018079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830506018079A), May 6, 1983: Cessna 172, Evansville, IN, Substantial damage. Aircraft ballooned during landing and pilot failed to take appropriate action to salvage 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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