- Date
- November 11, 1989, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fabens, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7337GCessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891111046599A
- Case key
- 23075
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare during landing and inadequate recovery from the ensuing bounced landing. The unfavorable wind was a related factor.
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.
Analysis
The acft touched down & bounced after a normal apch. After the initial bounce, it veered left & the nose gear collapsed. The plt stated that the arpt was on a mesa & was subject to 'sharp and changing gusts of wind at ground level.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7337G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259037
- Airframe hours
- 3,625
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- West Mesa Flying Assoc., Inc.
- Registered owner
- West Mesa Flying Assoc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 13, 1989 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- LRU · Las Cruses, NM
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Macguire, runway 23, 8,500 × 70 ft
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 187 total · 62 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.