- Date
- September 6, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carbondale, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6317DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830906049249A
- Case key
- 12344
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor plt (CFI) was providing a dual check-out for a private plt in the Cessna 172. After flying in the local area, they returned to the arpt to practice touch-and-go landings on rwy 18. The winds were reported from 190 deg at 20, gusting 25 KTS. On the 1st apch, the private plt stalled the plane during the landing & the nosewheel hit hard. The CFI took control to demonstrate the correct flare on the 2nd touch-and-go. However, the acft was landed hard again & the nose tire blew out. Subsequently, the acft bounced & the nosewheel tracked to the right. The nose gear strut & eng fire wall were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6317D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-72715
- Airframe hours
- 2,266
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bd. Trustees, S. Illinois Univ
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 9, 1983 · 42 hours before
- Airport
- MDH · Murphysboro, runway 18, 5,800 × 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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 323 total · 30 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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 N6317D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.