- Date
- July 4, 1991, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeview, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64344Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910704025929A
- Case key
- 23361
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Probable cause
(1) The pilot's failure to properly flare the airplane for landing and (2) his subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing.
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
After stopping once to get directions and soliciting inflight directions from another pilot, the pilot arrived at his destination airport which was a 3,200 foot sod airstrip located at a resort. Witnesses observed the airplane make a steep, 15 to 20 degree nose down, approach. The airplane was not flared and as a result it impacted the ground on the nose gear. After initial ground contact, which was about two thirds of the way down the runway, the airplane bounced for about 40 feet before touching down the second time. The nose gear collapsed on the second ground impact, the airplane flipped over, and slid to a stop. The pilot stated that he did not recover from the bounced landed, but decided 'to ride it out.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64344
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275548
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Addison Flight Training Center
- Registered owner
- Koenig, Henry T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1991
- Departed
- M06 · Russellville, AR
- Airport
- 3M0 · Gaston'S, runway 24, 3,200 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 108 total · 10 in this make and model · 62 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRO, 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.
Other investigations on N64344 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.