# NTSB MIA82DA119: Cessna 172K, N1355V, Geneva, FL, May 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1982, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Geneva, FL
- Coordinates: 28.649169, -81.179817 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6492&lon=-81.1798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70820
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70820/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA119

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON SHORT FINAL A GUST OF WIND RAISED THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. UPON MAKING A CORRECTION SOME AIRSPEED WAS LOST AND THE NOSE WAS LOWERED. DURING LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1355V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1355V-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N R1722180, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R-1722180
- Airframe hours: 580
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360K 195 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Johnny E. Southerland
- Registered owner: Johnny E. Southerland
- Departed: 12, GENEVA, FL
- Destination: 12, GENEVA, FL
- Airport: 12, Southerland Private, runway 9, 2,100 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 308 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 172 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORL, 18 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820507014379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820507014379A), May 7, 1982: Cessna R172K, Geneva, FL, Substantial damage. High sink rate on short final. Impact sheared nose gear, airplane flipped over.

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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