- Date
- January 30, 1982, 15:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54288Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820130002149A
- Case key
- 69941
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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 pilot stated that during landing she flared the airplane and touched down hard. On the third bounce she added power for a go-around. The plane drifted to the left, collided with a snowbank and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54288
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274946
- Airframe hours
- 276
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Parson'S Air
- Registered owner
- Richard D Bowen
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Destination
- Darlington, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- L35 · Big Bear City, runway 7, 5,800 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 107 total · 4 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.