- Date
- June 10, 1992, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hastings, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80490Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920610019399A
- Case key
- 15462
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's misjudgement of the touchdown point which resulted in an undershoot and damage to the elevator. In addition, the pilot-in-command failed to properly inspect the airplane for damage prior to further flight.
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 instructor pilot was demonstrating a short-field landing, and landed short striking the runway end marker lights with the gear and elevator. Neither pilot observed the damaged elevator as they stopped on the runway after the landing. They decided to continue the flight. The dual student commenced the takeoff, and the airplane pitched up and stalled. The elevator was found binding on the horizontal tail; both were damaged. The elevator trim was full nose-up, and the flaps full down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80490
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266616
- Airframe hours
- 3,512
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Princeton Leasing, Inc
- Registered owner
- Princeton Leasing, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 4, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Middleville, MI
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- 9D9 · Hastings Muni, runway 12, 3,900 × 60 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
- 64
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRR, 15 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.