- Date
- June 5, 1983, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N715HRCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830605026019A
- Case key
- 12202
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated he was aware of the displaced threshold due to barriers across the approach end of the rwy. After clearing the last barrier he felt the acft start to fall. He nosed over & added power but the nose gear struck the rwy first. The firewall & fuselage was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N715HR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256104
- Airframe hours
- 7,449
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bernie F. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- MGY · Dayton General South, runway 20, 5,000 × 100 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 428 total · 428 in this make and model · 358 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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 N715HR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.