- Date
- June 21, 1984, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733LACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840621029799A
- Case key
- 16410
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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 student plt stated that during a landing, the acft either ballooned or was caught in an updraft. She reacted by pushing forward on the control wheel. The nosewheel hit the rwy first, the acft bounced in the air & again landed on thenosewheel. The firewall was buckled & the nosewheel tire blew out.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733LA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268364
- Airframe hours
- 772
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stout Wall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 15, 1983 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- Ft Morgan, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GXY · Weld Co., runway 9, 7,035 × 75 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.