# NTSB FTW82DA097: Cessna 172M, N777BZ, Tyler, TX, March 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 7, 1982, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Coordinates: 32.049167, -95.49929 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0492&lon=-95.4993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72891
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72891/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA097

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777BZ-2007-10-02), registration cancelled 2007-10-02, S/N 17262808, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262808
- Airframe hours: 1293
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820307004419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820307004419A), Mar 7, 1982: Cessna 172M, Tyler, TX, Destroyed. Instructor pilot made hard landing demonstrating short field obstacle clearence landing.

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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