# NTSB CHI88LA176: Cessna 172, N6818A, Carbon, IN, July 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 27, 1988, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Carbon, IN
- Location: 39.5992° N, 87.1077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carbon, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5992&lon=-87.1077&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14124
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14124/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA176

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - roll/run
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - sheared

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6818A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6818A-2005-11-17), registration cancelled 2005-11-17, S/N 28918, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28918
- Airframe hours: 2849
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-13 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Paul David Alger
- Registered owner: P David Alger, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 20, 1988, 20 hours before
- Departed: 313, TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Airport: NONE, Private Strip

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 126 total, 8 in this make and model, 82 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HUF, 18 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 19880727028219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880727028219A), Jul 27, 1988: Cessna 172, Carbon, IN, Substantial damage. Leveled off too high on first landing on short Private strip. Aircraft stalled and hit runway shearing nose gear.

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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