- Date
- February 17, 1991, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Carlos, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5300FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910217002879A
- Case key
- 27120
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare landing.
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
In his statement the pilot said that while on his fourth consecutive approach and while over the landing threshold, the aircraft experienced a downdraft and landed hard. Winds reported by the tower favored the active runway. According to the tower's weather report, no wind gusts or turbulence was present at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5300F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273130
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David M. Forbes
- Registered owner
- David M. Forbes
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- SQL · San Carlos, runway 3, 2,600 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 236 total · 150 in this make and model · 161 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- SQL, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.