- Date
- April 17, 1982, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Breckenridge, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61923Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820417010309A
- Case key
- 70022
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Analysis
The accident occurred at an en route airport while the student pilot was on a cross-country flight. Upon arrival at the en route airport, he entered traffic for a landing on runway 03 in winds from 010 degrees at 10 KTS gusting to 27 KTS. The student reported that on final approach, he lowered 20 degrees of flaps and continued with a crab to the left. Reportedly during touchdown, he encountered a strong gust of wind and suddenly found the plane about 6 to 8 ft above the runway. He held slight up elevator hoping the plane would settle to the runway, but the nose fell and the plane bounced 2 times. After the plane was slowed during the landing roll, the pilot noticed a flat nose tire. He cleared the runway and shut down. An investigation revealed that the propeller and firewall were bent. Reportedly, the student had received no instruction in crosswind landings or recovery from bounced landings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61923
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264888
- Airframe hours
- 3,484
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tarrant Aero Assc.
- Registered owner
- Arthur H. Gibson
- Departed
- F72 · Ft Worth, TX
- Destination
- Lamesa, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BKD · Stephens County, runway 3, 2,400 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 4 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Observed at
- BKD
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N61923 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.