# NTSB FTW82DA184: Cessna 172P, N54488, Las Cruces, NM, May 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 19, 1982, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Coordinates: 32.289703, -106.749992 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2897&lon=-106.7500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71374
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71374/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA184

## 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)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING LANDING, THE AIRSPEED WAS TOO HIGH. REPORTEDLY, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON ALL THREE GEAR, PROPOISED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANE WAS DAMAGED. THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54488](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54488-2011-04-08), registration cancelled 2011-04-08, S/N 17274986, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274986
- Airframe hours: 312
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Allene Guffey
- Registered owner: R.L. Guffey, Inc.
- Departed: LRU, LAS CRUCES, NM
- Destination: LRU, LAS CRUCES, NM
- Airport: LRU, Las Cruces, runway 26, 6,071 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 7 statute miles

## 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 19820519016819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820519016819A), May 19, 1982: Cessna 172P, Las Cruces, NM, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing causing substantial damage.

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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