- Date
- May 21, 1984, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734THCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840521059589A
- Case key
- 24278
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed hard and porpoised down the rwy. The plt made a go-around and reported to the tower that he had control problems. He performed a tower fly-by and no damage was apparent to the controllers. The plt was cleared for landing anddid so without further incident. Upon inspection,the fire wall was found to be buckled,the nose wheel strut canted the fuselage was wrinkled and the floor was caved in so that the vertical instrument panel support was pulled down on the push-pull rod for the aileron and elevator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734TH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269097
- Airframe hours
- 2,941
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 HZAD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Siegel Aviation
- Registered owner
- Gent M. Jay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1984
- Departed
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Airport
- HWD · Hayward Air Terminal, runway 28R, 3,536 × 75 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 91 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HWD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.