- Date
- October 29, 1988, 17:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7418XCessna 172B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881029048839A
- Case key
- 14308
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Student pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing flare.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flare - prematureFactor
Lack of total experienceFactor
Remedial action - improperCause
Hard landing
Landing gear,nose gear - collapsed
On ground/water collision with object
Object - vehicle
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7418X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17247918
- Airframe hours
- 2,829
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Richelle J. Konshak
- Registered owner
- Richelle J Konshak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 4I2 · Columbus, OH
- Airport
- 4I2 · South Columbus, runway 36, 5,150 × 100 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 25 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 8 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.