- Date
- April 26, 1987, 15:08 local (19:08 UTC)
- Place
- St.Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N217JACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870426012409A
- Case key
- 31905
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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.
Analysis
While landing, the acft floated down the rwy as the result of excessive airspeed during the apch. The plt continued to flare the acft, & as the airspeed bled off, the wings stalled, resulting in a hard landing. The acft then began to propoise, & on the third landing, collapsed the nose gear. The acft then slid off the rwy & came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N217JA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275623
- Airframe hours
- 1,082
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jones Flying Service,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jones Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 25, 1987 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Airport
- SPG · Albert Whitted Municipal, runway 36, 2,800 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 122 total · 10 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.