# NTSB LAX82DA131: Cessna 172, N46125, Holbrook, AZ, April 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 10, 1982, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Holbrook, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.939109, -110.09024 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9391&lon=-110.0902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71046
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71046/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA131

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - initiated, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. DURING THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TO THE RIGHT. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT AFTER BOUNCING, THE AIRSPEED DETERIORATED AS THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED AND SETTLED TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SAGEBRUSH AND FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46125](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46125), registered now, S/N 17257056, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172I](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (registry code 2072426) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17257056
- Airframe hours: 3228
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Errol K. Slade
- Registered owner: Errol K. Slade
- Departed: P14, HOLBROOK, AZ
- Destination: P14, HOLBROOK, AZ
- Airport: P14, Holbrook Municipal, runway 11, 3,300 × 140 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 10 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 90 statute miles
- Temperature: 140 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820410008699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820410008699A), Apr 10, 1982: Cessna 172I, Holbrook, AZ, Substantial damage. Student pilot bounced during landing, lost control and airplane flipped inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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