# NTSB CHI85LA371: Cessna 172P, N54452, Ann Arbor, MI, September 7, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 6, 1985, 22:00 local (Sep 7, 1985, 02:00 UTC)
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Location: 42.2229° N, 83.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANN ARBOR MUNI (ARB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2229&lon=-83.7457&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): 13207
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA371
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13207/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA371

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - roll
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE BLEW AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED DURING A HARD LANDING. APRX 1 FOOT OF THE LOWER HALF OF THE FIREWALL WAS WRINKLED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54452](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54452), registered now, S/N 17274977, 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 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274977
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Michigan Flyers Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: JXN, JACKSON, MI
- Airport: ARB, Ann Arbor, runway 24, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 180 total, 39 in this make and model, 119 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 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 19850906076299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850906076299A), Sep 6, 1985: Cessna 172P, Ann Arbor, MI, Substantial damage. Made a hard landing causing main tire to blow out. Impact wrinkled the firewall and sprung the left gear.

## Other investigations on N54452 (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 CHI87LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA199), Aug 29, 1987: Cessna 172P (N54452), Wheeling, IL, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.