- Date
- July 25, 1989, 10:46 local (14:46 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5186JCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890725028679A
- Case key
- 32470
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Probable cause
The student's improper flare for landing. The crosswind (quartering headwind) and the student's lack of experience in this aircraft were considered to be contributing factors.
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
According to tower personnel, the aircraft touched down hard during a landing on rwy 6. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed. The wind was reported to be from 090 deg at 12 KTS. The student pilot had only two hours of flt time in this make and model of aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5186J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-73723
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Av Design, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- GNV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GNV · Gainesville Regional, runway 6, 4,147 × 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 2 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.