- Date
- June 25, 1982, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55276Cessna 172P Robertson Stol
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820625025029A
- Case key
- 70722
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft was equipped with a robertson stol kit. After operating the aircraft in slow flight about 1/2 hr, the pilot elected to land. The approach was flown at 45 KTS with a 500 ft/min sink rate. Power was added to arrest the sink rate just before touchdown, but reportedly, too much was applied and the aircraft bounced and ballooned in the air. Reportedly, the pilot overreacted and reduced too much power, then the aircraft bounced again. After the second bounce, full power was applied, but the plane drifted to the left of the runway and touched down in a soft area. The nose gear sheared off in the soft terrain and the plane flipped over. The pilot stated that he was unfamiliar with the aircraft's response to power. He assumed that from his experience in other models, he could fly the stol model of the Cessna 172.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55276
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P Robertson Stol (172P ROBER)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275149
- Airframe hours
- 32
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Texas Westaire Inc.
- Registered owner
- Perry R. Bass Inc.
- Departed
- F71 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- F71 · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- F71 · Luck Field, runway 34, 3,500 × 40 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,048 total · 1 in this make and model · 982 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N55276 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.