- Date
- March 8, 1992, 23:37 local (Mar 9, 1992, 05:37 UTC)
- Place
- Harrison, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54956Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920308007489A
- Case key
- 18456
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and his failure to maintain the proper descent rate.
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
Unauthorized person(s) entered a FBO at approximately 2300 and took the keys to a Cessna 172P. Upon return to the airport, the airplane landed hard, approximately 90 feet short of the runway threshold, causing the nose wheel to collapse. The forks of the collapsed nose gear dug into the ground causing the airplane to nose over on its back. The wreckage was found by the local police at 0025, after they were alerted by the local fss of an activated ELT. The occupants of the airplane departed on foot. Several open and unopened cans of beer were found in the airplane. The occupants were never identified. Evidence indicated at least minor injury to one or more occupants.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54956
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275090
- Airframe hours
- 3,786
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gene Lair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 29, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- HRO · Boone County, runway 36, 6,161 × 150 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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRO, 1 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.