- Date
- May 27, 1982, 21:00 local (May 28, 1982, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fresno, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5954ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820527020959A
- Case key
- 70758
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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 acft landed hard, bounced, veered left & collided with a parked acft. The CFI recognized that the approach speed wastoo slow & waited too long before taking over. A deliberate turn was made to avoid residences.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5954A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28554
- Airframe hours
- 2,076
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wesley A. Nelson
- Registered owner
- Wesley A. Nelson
- Departed
- Q60 · Fresno, CA
- Destination
- Q60 · Fresno, CA
- Airport
- Q60 · Sierra Sky Park, runway 30, 3,200 × 400 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
- 57
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,331 total · 217 in this make and model · 1,231 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT, 4 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.