- Date
- December 29, 1987, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Banning, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12943Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871229073529A
- Case key
- 25932
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a pleasure flight while on final approach, aprx 10 ft above the rwy, the acft suddenly dropped and bounced on the rwy. After a nearby rain storm passed over the area, the acft was flown to the home base. Several days later, the operator discovered substantial damage to the structure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12943
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262389
- Airframe hours
- 4,650
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cable Air
- Registered owner
- Cable, Robert Y.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 22, 1987 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- PSP · Palm Springs, CA
- Destination
- CCB · Upland, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BNG · Banning, runway 26, 5,200 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 40 in this make and model · 104 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N12943 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.