- Date
- October 9, 1982, 12:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50950Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821009052009A
- Case key
- 70784
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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.
Hard landing
Level off - improperCause
Flare - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The accident occurred on a cross-country flight while the student pilot was landing. During the landing flareout, the pilot leveled off high, touched down hard, bounced two times, lost directional control and went off the runway collapsing the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50950
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274239
- Airframe hours
- 1,001
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Intercontinental Aviation
- Registered owner
- Intercontinental Aviation
- Departed
- C · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- C · Ft. Myers, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FMY · Page Field, runway 13, 4,997 × 150 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 5 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.