# NTSB FTW87LA076: Cessna 172P, N64943, Roanoke, TX, March 13, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1987, 12:08 local (18:08 UTC)
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Coordinates: 33.000625, -97.229179 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0006&lon=-97.2292&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22339
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22339/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA076

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT BALLOONED TWICE AFTER TOUCHDOWN FOLLOWED BY HARD LANDING ON NOSEGEAR RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64943](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64943), registered now, S/N 17275657, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275657
- Airframe hours: 1755
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870313005979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870313005979A), Mar 13, 1987: Cessna 172P, Roanoke, TX, Substantial damage. The aircraft ballooned on landing and landed hard, collapsing the nose gear.

## Other investigations on N64943 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW93LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA060), Dec 28, 1992: Cessna 172P (N64943), Little Rock, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT.

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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