- Date
- July 21, 1984, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Elk Grove, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3587SCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840721036629A
- Case key
- 24355
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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 bounced several times during landing according to a plt witness near the rwy. During the bounces the acft left the rwy in a crosswind. The damage to the acft was estimated as minor up to this time. The plt of the accident acft decided to try to reenter the rwy and go-around. During this process the acft bounced into a rwy light and was damaged. The takeoff was contined and another landing accomplished without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3587S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17250787
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lee E. Garner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1983
- Departed
- MOD · Modesto, CA
- Destination
- Q40 · Elk Grove, CA
- Airport
- Sunset Skyranch, runway 11, 2,780 × 35 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 7 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.