# NTSB FTW82DA224: Cessna 172, N1023B, Duncan, OK, June 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 13, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Duncan, OK
- Coordinates: 34.520957, -97.960449 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5210&lon=-97.9604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70523
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA224
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70523/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA224

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS IN WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 GUSTING 15 KTS. JUST PRIOR TO LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND, THEN TOUCHED DOWN HARD. THE ENGINE FIRE WALL WAS BUCKLED AND TWO TIRES BLEW OUT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1023B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1023B), registered now, S/N 28524 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28542
- Airframe hours: 3389
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-C 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Clifford W. Miller
- Registered owner: Clifford W. Miller
- Departed: DUC, DUNCAN, OK
- Destination: DUC, DUNCAN, OK
- Airport: DUC, Halliburton Airport, runway 17, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 73 total, 69 in this make and model, 28 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 135° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 185 °F

## 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 19820613022799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820613022799A), Jun 13, 1982: Cessna 172, Duncan, OK, Substantial damage. Hard landing damaged nose gear and firewall. Student was practicing crosswind landings.

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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