- Date
- May 2, 1990, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plainfield, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54093Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900502013329A
- Case key
- 14663
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Probable cause
The student's improper flare, improper recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain directional control. The crosswind was a related factor.
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 solo student pilot stated that the aircraft developed a high sink rate during the landing sequence, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing. The aircraft veered off the runway before it came to a stop. The student pilot reported a total flight time of 38 hours, of which 6.4 hours were as pilot-in-command.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54093
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274873
- Airframe hours
- 3,091
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- A & M Aviation
- Registered owner
- Eagle Aviaiton, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 5, 1990
- Departed
- 1C5 · Plainfield, IL
- Airport
- 1C5 · Clow International, runway 36, 3,370 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 7 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 27 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.