# NTSB CHI93LA022: Cessna 172N, N75823, Ankeny, IA, October 27, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 27, 1992, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Ankeny, IA
- Coordinates: 41.719585, -93.600868 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7196&lon=-93.6009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15617
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI93LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15617/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA022

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FOR A BOUNCED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - continued
  - landing gear,nose gear attach point - bent

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AT TOUCHDOWN ON THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT'S FOURTH PRACTICE LANDING. THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED TO A SECOND TOUCHDOWN, NOSE LOW AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N75823](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75823), registered now, S/N 17267980, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17267980
- Airframe hours: 3480
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Todd Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner: Todd Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 19, 1992, 18 hours before
- Departed: Y42
- Destination: Y42
- Airport: Y42, Todd Field, runway 17, 2,600 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19921027044379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921027044379A), Oct 27, 1992: Cessna 172N, Ankeny, IA, Substantial damage. Student bounced and porpoised on landing. Came down hard on nose wheel. No recovery attempt.

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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