- Date
- September 13, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46188Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12352
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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 reported that during an apch to land on rwy 18, he encountered heavy turbulence & elected to go around. He reported the wind was from 180 deg at 15, gusting 25 KTS. On the 2nd apch, turbulence was encountered again. The acft was fast & began to float in bumpy conditions. Subsequently, it touched down nosewheel first & landed hard which resulted in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46188
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257096
- Airframe hours
- 4,550
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fohn Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 24, 1983
- Departed
- 890 · Kellys Island, OH
- Airport
- 1D2 · Mettetal, runway 18, 2,550 × 50 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 512 total · 512 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg