# NTSB CHI84LA287: Cessna 172P, N52701, Columbus, OH, July 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 7, 1984, 09:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Location: 39.9969° N, 82.8922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN GLENN COLUMBUS INTL (CMH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9969&lon=-82.8922&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12691
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA287
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12691/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA287

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING HARD, FLAT LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N52701](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52701), registered now, S/N 17274584, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-320-D2J](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d2j) (registry code 41595, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274584
- Airframe hours: 10906
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Esa Tarvainen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 14, 1984, 908 hours before
- Airport: CMH, Port Columbus Int'L, runway 31, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 45 total, 28 in this make and model, 17 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CMH

## 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 19840707031279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840707031279A), Jul 7, 1984: Cessna 172P, Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing causing nose wheel to collapse.

## Other investigations on N52701 (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 ATL88LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA062), Dec 11, 1987: Cessna 172P (N52701), Columbus, OH, substantial damage

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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