# NTSB DEN86LA184: Cessna 172N, N5552E, Tooele, UT, July 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1986, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Tooele, UT
- Coordinates: 40.570587, -112.329132 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5706&lon=-112.3291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16999/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA184

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

AFTER SUCCESSIVE AIRCRAFT BOUNCES DURING A TOUCHDOWN PHASE OF LANDING, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO AN AREA OF SOFT TERRAIN. THE LANDING GEAR NOSE WHEEL SANK INTO THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER INTO AN INVERTED POSITION. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ABOARD WERE NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5552E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5552E), registered now, S/N 17271887 (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: 17271887
- Airframe hours: 820
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: D.K. Watson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 6, 1986, 29 hours before
- Departed: U42, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Airport: UT29, Tooele Valley, runway 16, 5,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 53 total, 2 in this make and model, 26 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SLC, 23 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860703030449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860703030449A), Jul 3, 1986: Cessna 172N, Tooele_valley, UT, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing, bounced, ran off runway and flipped inverted.

## Other investigations on N5552E (2)

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.

- [NTSB DEN02LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA003), Oct 21, 2001: Cessna 172N (N5552E), Provo, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in aircraft, and the pilot's lack of recent experience in kind of aircraft.
- [NTSB SEA97LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA060), Feb 21, 1997: Cessna 172N (N5552E), Delta, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the prevailing wind conditions, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors contributing to the…

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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