# NTSB CHI87LA107: Cessna 172N, N5240E, Marion, IN, June 6, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 6, 1987, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Marion, IN
- Coordinates: 40.539951, -85.659103 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5400&lon=-85.6591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13750
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13750/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA107

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT ON FINAL APRX HE DID NOT FLARE SOON ENOUGH AND THE NOSEWHEEL 'HIT THE RWY HARD.: HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE ACFT 'BALLOONED UP' AND HE ATTEMPTED TO 'FLARE OUT AGAIN WITHOUT SUCCESS. ' ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE ACFT BOUNCED UP AND DOWN AN ADDITIONAL THREE TIMES BEFORE HE 'COULD GET CONTROL OVER IT.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5240E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5240E), registered now, S/N 17271791, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271791
- Airframe hours: 1011
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Air Marion, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 6, 1986, 93 hours before
- Airport: MZZ, Marion Municipal, runway 22, 5,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 66 total, 3 in this make and model, 32 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AID, 23 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 19870606019979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870606019979A), Jun 6, 1987: Cessna 172N, Marion, IN, Substantial damage. The pilot flared late, landed hard and bounced down the runway damaging the nose wheel and propeller.

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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