- Date
- November 29, 1990, 07:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733UCCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901129054729A
- Case key
- 32799
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to perfrom a proper landing flare and touchdown resulting in a hard landing.
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
Plt stated normal ldg made on main gear. The nose was then lowered at which time the acft might have bounced. The acft then began to vibrate and veer to the right followed by the nose landing gear collapsing. The nose gear tire was found flat after the accident and the engine fire wall was found bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733UC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268550
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Treasure Coast Flight Academy
- Departed
- SUA · Stuart, FL
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach Municipal, runway 11R, 7,296 × 100 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 207 total · 57 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.