# NTSB CHI89LA020: Cessna 172B, N7418X, Columbus, OH, October 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1988, 17:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 9, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14308
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14308/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA020

## Probable cause

STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING LANDING FLARE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - premature, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7418X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7418X-1991-08-06), registration cancelled 1991-08-06, S/N 17247918 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17247918
- Airframe hours: 2829
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881029048839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881029048839A), Oct 29, 1988: Cessna 172B, Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Ballooned on landing,told to lower nose ,did so and hit nose first. Severed nose gear,bounced and slid into a pickup

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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