- Date
- June 4, 1986, 14:38 local (18:38 UTC)
- Place
- Bartow, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5456DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860604025869A
- Case key
- 31646
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Flare - misjudgedCause
Analysis
The plt stated that she landed hard on the nose wheel and the prop struck the ground, damaging the structure of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5456D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272573
- Airframe hours
- 2,403
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bartow Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Royal Fort
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 15, 1986 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- BOW · Barton, FL
- Airport
- BOW · Barton Municipal, runway 9, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N5456DRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 3 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 15 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.