- Date
- September 26, 1987, 20:15 local (Sep 27, 1987, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfort, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5196KCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870926058669A
- Case key
- 13838
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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
The student plt was on a flt with 2 pax aboard. He rprtd that drg a ngt lndg, the acft bounced & ballooned. He added pwr to fly the acft back down to the rwy, but it bounced & ballooned again. By this time, the acft was about halfway down the rwy. Subsequently, the plt got the acft stabilized on the rwy, but was unable to stop in the remaining distance. After continuing off the departure end, the acft crossed a road & came to rest in a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5196K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274006
- Airframe hours
- 4,033
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frankfort Aviation Service
- Registered owner
- Gla Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 4, 1987 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- C18
- Airport
- C18 · Frankfort, runway 27, 3,176 × 50 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 20 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 34 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.