# NTSB CHI86FEM06: Cessna 170, N4155V, Houghton Lake, MI, June 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 31, 1986, 20:18 local (Jun 1, 1986, 01:18 UTC)
- Place: Houghton Lake, MI
- Coordinates: 44.310012, -84.760322 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3100&lon=-84.7603&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): 13299
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEM06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13299/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEM06

## 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 (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - inadvertent use, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THIS STUDENT PILOT ON HIS INITIAL SOLO FLIGHT BOUNCED THE ACFT DURING LANDING. ON THE SECOND BOUNCE, THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY APPLIED THE TOE BRAKED AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4155V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4155V), registered now, S/N 18487, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Registry model: [Cessna 170](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (registry code 2072302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18487
- Airframe hours: 1506
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Daniel M. Hamp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1986, 20 hours before
- Departed: HTL, HOUGHTON LAKE, MI
- Airport: HTL, Roscommon County, runway 18, 2,025 × 80 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 21 total, 14 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HTL, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860531076909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860531076909A), May 31, 1986: Cessna 170, Houghton Lake, MI, Substantial damage. Solo student porpoised. Aircraft then applied brakes and nosed over.

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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