- Date
- May 12, 1984, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Montague, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5654ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840512034549A
- Case key
- 24258
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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
An improper ldg flare by the dual student plt caused the acft to balloon to 15 to 20 ft AGL. The CFI called for power, but the student delayed adding power & raised the nose. At the sound of the stall warning horn, a go-around was called for by the CFI & attempted by the student. The left wing dropped & was the initial point of impact with the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5654A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28254
- Airframe hours
- 3,977
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis L. Shoemaker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1983 · 74 hours before
- Airport
- 105 · Rohrer Field, runway 32, 3,360 × 50 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
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 9,457 total · 525 in this make and model · 9,037 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 52 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.