- Date
- July 8, 1984, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Geneva, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6700HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840708033659A
- Case key
- 12688
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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
According to the plt, he was on a short final apch to land when the acft encountered sudden turbulence. At that time, the passenger in the right front seat lurched against the control wheel, causing the nose to pitch down & the acft to bank left. Subsequently, the acft bounced on the rwy & was then landed. After a short roll, the nose gear collapsed. The plt reported that the arpt was located in the bottom of a small valley & had trees along the south side of the rwy. About 1 hr after the occurrence, 2 other plts flew there & both stated that they encountered turbulence & wind shear. Also, the plt of N6700H stated that the right front seat plt was using the shoulder harness & had his seat forward for more leg room for a passenger in the back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6700H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265543
- Airframe hours
- 4,491
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stick & Rudder Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1983
- Departed
- UGN · Waukegan, IL
- Airport
- CO2 · Americana, runway 23, 4,000 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 302 total · 101 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JVL, 29 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.