- Date
- March 16, 1992, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Helena, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96493Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920316006609A
- Case key
- 18461
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Probable cause
Pilot's improper flarea ND 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
During the turn from base to final the pilot overshot the final approach course. Upon crossing the runway threshold the airplane was too high, however, the pilot aligned the airplane with the centerline and reduced the engine power for the landing flare. The airplane impacted the runway hard and bounced two consecutive times. During the second bounce, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96493
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276080
- Airframe hours
- 4,922
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sharp Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sharp Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 6, 1992 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- JBR · Jonesboro, AR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HEE · Helena/West Helena, runway 17, 5,000 × 96 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 7 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 11 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F
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 N96493 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.