- Date
- August 15, 1982, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5404KCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820815041669A
- Case key
- 69719
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Level off - improperCause
Lack of total experience
Loss of control - on ground/water
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Analysis
The student pilot lost control of the aircraft after a bounced landing. The aircraft ran off the side of the runway, encountered sandy terrain, and was damaged. The density altitude was about 7000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5404K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274096
- Airframe hours
- 769
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aeronautica Aviation
- Registered owner
- J.E. Day
- Departed
- Q64 · Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- Q64 · Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- Q64 · Alameda, runway 17, 6,080 × 0 ft, asphalt
N5404KRegistration cancelled Feb 15, 2018 · Cessna 172PAirframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °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.