- Date
- July 28, 1984, 11:06 local (17:06 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52938Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840728035809A
- Case key
- 16448
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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 acft bounced several times on landing following an excessively high fast approach. The plt added power to recover by aborting the landing. The plt stated the failure to use right rudder resulted in the acft veering to the left and the failure to retract flaps prevented the acft from climbing higher than several ft AGL. The plt also failed to remove carburetor heat. The acft contacted several small trees alongside the rwy followed by the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52938
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274640
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Post Aviation
- Registered owner
- Richard Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- SAF · Santa Fe Co, runway 33, 6,297 × 100 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 4 in this make and model · 73 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.