# NTSB FTW83LA344: Cessna 172D, N2419U, New Braunfels, TX, April 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 20, 1983, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Coordinates: 29.699052, -98.038719 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6991&lon=-98.0387&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20983
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA344
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20983/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA344

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH WAS HARD ENOUGH TO BLOW THE NOSE GEAR TIRE AND COLLAPSE THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2419U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2419U-2012-09-06), registration cancelled 2012-09-06, S/N 17250019, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17250019
- Airframe hours: 1629
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John B. Mathews
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 15, 1982, 26 hours before
- Departed: 11XS, BULVERDE, TX
- Airport: 3RT, New Braunfels, runway 17, 5,400 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 83 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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