- Date
- March 21, 1990, 16:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Three Forks, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80830Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900321007959A
- Case key
- 17914
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Probable cause
Pilot's misjudged landing flare.
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 commercial pilot misjudged the flare during landing. The plane dropped onto the runway, bounced into the air, and landed hard. The pilot taxied to the ramp, visually inspected the plane, and reported minor damage. The nose gear was bent, the firewall was damaged and rivets were popped in the skin. An FAA inspector later discovered substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80830
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266764
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Manhattan Flying Tigers, Inc.
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 9S5 · Three Forks
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 88 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 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.
Other investigations on N80830 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.