- Date
- November 21, 1987, 13:28 local (21:28 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9568GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871121069889A
- Case key
- 25914
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the conclusion of a cross country instructional flight, the pilot made three approaches to land. On the first two attempts, the aircraft touched down on the nose wheel and porpoised, then the pilot initiated a go-around. On the third landing, the aircraft was observed to touch down on the nose wheel without flaring. It then porpoised several times, striking the nose wheel and propeller. The pilot held a private certificate, but was in a training program for a commercial rating.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9568G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273631
- Airframe hours
- 2,504
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Alps Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hiroyasu Takai
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 7, 1987 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- APC · Napa, CA
- Destination
- RHV
- Airport
- RHV · Reid-Hillview, runway 31L, 3,099 × 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 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 134 total · 22 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.