# NTSB MIA88LA171: Cessna 172N, N734QP, Miami, FL, May 16, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1988, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Coordinates: 25.65097, -80.409278 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6510&lon=-80.4093&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32182
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA171
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32182/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA171

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED TWICE AND RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N734QP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17269033
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Air Searesearch & Dev. Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1987
- Airport: TMB, Tamiami, runway 9R, 4,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TMB

## 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 19880516017379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880516017379A), May 16, 1988: Cessna 172N, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed hard on touch and go landing. Bounced twice and ran off side of runway. Prop struck runway.

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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