# NTSB MIA86LA005: Cessna 172, N7602D, St.Petersburg, FL, October 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 1985, 16:41 local (20:41 UTC)
- Place: St.Petersburg, FL
- Coordinates: 27.770908, -82.630912 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31533
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31533/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA005

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING HE REALIZED HIS RATE OF DESCENT WAS TOO HIGH. HE THEN APPLIED POWER, THE NOSE PITCHED UP AND THE ACFT STALLED, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7602D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7602D-2013-09-30), registration cancelled 2013-09-30, S/N 17272929, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272929
- Airframe hours: 950
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bay Air Flight Center Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 13, 1985, 85 hours before
- Airport: SPG, Albert Whitted, runway 36, 2,800 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 4 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 19851006049139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851006049139A), Oct 6, 1985: Cessna 172M, St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. Nose pitched up when power was applied to stop high sink rate. Stalled, hit hard and collapsed the landing gear.

## Other investigations on N7602D (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA81DLA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLA17), Apr 4, 1981: Cessna 172 (N7602D), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage

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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