# NTSB CHI83LA246: Cessna 172H, N715HR, Dayton, OH, June 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 5, 1983, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Location: 39.5890° N, 84.2249° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTON/WRIGHT BROTHERS (MGY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5890&lon=-84.2249&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): 12202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA246
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12202/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA246

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - displaced threshold (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N715HR-1990-12-12), registration cancelled 1990-12-12, S/N 17256104 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17256104
- Airframe hours: 7449
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830605026019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830605026019A), Jun 5, 1983: Cessna 172H, Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. Too slow on flare for landing. Airplane made a hard nose first landing.

## Other investigations on N715HR (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI90LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA159), Jun 22, 1990: Cessna 172H (N715HR), Brookville, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ENCOUNTERING GUSTY, SHIFTY WINDS AND WINDSHEAR DURING THE INITIAL CLIMBOUT AFTER TAKEOFF.

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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