- Date
- February 17, 1982, 17:00 local (Feb 18, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Luis Obispo, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6585HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820217004599A
- Case key
- 72505
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Level off - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
During landing, the aircraft bounced twice. On the third touchdown, the nosewheel failed, the nosewheel tire blew out and the firewall was bent. The pilot reported that the wind was gusting to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6585H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265497
- Airframe hours
- 1,580
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Patroline Inc.
- Departed
- PRB · Paso Robles, CA
- Destination
- SMX · Porterville, CA
- Airport
- SBP · San Luis Obispo, runway 29, 3,997 × 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
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 7 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.