- Date
- March 13, 1987, 12:08 local (18:08 UTC)
- Place
- Roanoke, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64943Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870313005979A
- Case key
- 22339
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
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftFactor
Lack of total experienceFactor
Flare - improperCause
Analysis
Aircraft ballooned twice after touchdown followed by hard landing on nosegear resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64943
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275657
- Airframe hours
- 1,755
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stramel Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- F26 · Dallas, TX
- Airport
- 52F · Aero Valley-Hyde-Way, runway 17, 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 10 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N64943 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.