- Date
- August 27, 1989, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5215ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890827031849A
- Case key
- 32491
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in porpoising of the aircraft and an uncontrolled ground swerve.
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
The student plt rprtd that drg a touch-&-go landing, the acft touched down hard, bounced, then porpoised 3 times. On the 3rd touchdown, the prop contacted the rwy. The acft then veered off the rwy & came to rest with substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5215E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271774
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Southern Wings
- Registered owner
- Kerry L. Kendrick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- MBO
- Airport
- MBO · Bruce Campbell, runway 17, 4,240 × 75 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 2 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 5 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.