- Date
- March 19, 1985, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wesbter, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7979BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850319012919A
- Case key
- 16652
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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 pilot made a touch and go landing on a grass runway. The airplane bounced 6 feet in the air during landing and a go around was initiated. The airplane was then on a collision course with airport obstacles. The pilot initiated a left turn, the aircraft stalled and impacted the ground. The student pilot said the initial landing bounce was a result of crossing a drainage ditch in the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7979B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 48479
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Webster Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 2, 1985 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- 1D7 · Webster, runway 19, 1,800 × 300 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 35 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7979B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.