- Date
- March 7, 1982, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tyler, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N777BZCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820307004419A
- Case key
- 72891
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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
While the instructor pilot was demonstrating a barrier/obstacle landing, the aircraft touched down hard and bounced. A power recovery was made and the flight was terminated. The pilots inspected the aircraft after landing, but no damage was noted until four days later. According to the hour meter, the plane had not been flown in the meantime.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777BZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262808
- Airframe hours
- 1,293
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Civil Air Patrol
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Departed
- Tyler, TX
- Destination
- Tyler, TX
- Airport
- Pounds Field, runway 31, 5,200 × 0 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 464 total · 203 in this make and model · 324 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 138 °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.