# NTSB LAX88LA132: Cessna 172Q, N918ER, Prescott, AZ, March 15, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 15, 1988, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Location: 34.6548° N, 112.4192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRESCOTT RGNL/ERNEST A LOVE FLD (PRC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6548&lon=-112.4192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25967
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25967/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA132

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N918ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172Q
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275933
- Airframe hours: 7421
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-AN4 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Embry-Riddle Aero Univ.
- Registered owner: Cessna Finance Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, March 8, 1988, 5 hours before
- Departed: PRC
- Destination: PRC
- Airport: PRC, Ernest A. Love, runway 21, 7,616 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 87 total, 87 in this make and model, 33 as pilot in command, 59 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PRC

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880315006399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880315006399A), Mar 15, 1988: Cessna 172Q, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impacts damaged the airplane.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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