# NTSB MKC83LA181: Cessna 172, N9388H, Camdenton, MO, August 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1983, 12:44 local (17:44 UTC)
- Place: Camdenton, MO
- Coordinates: 37.999267, -92.739631 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9993&lon=-92.7396&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33462/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA181

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, WENT OFF THE RWY INTO GRASS, THEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OER. MARKS ON THE RWY INDICATED THAT THE ACFT WAS LANDED LONG, BOUNCED & THEN TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE NOSE POINTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9388H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9388H-1983-11-23), registration cancelled 1983-11-23, S/N 17266132 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-66132
- Airframe hours: 156
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: B & M Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner: Herbert L. Bracjt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 9, 1982, 99 hours before
- Departed: 3SL, ST. CHARLES, MO
- Airport: H21, Camdenton Mem, runway 15, 3,400 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 76 total, 10 in this make and model, 27 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F

## 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 19830808043639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830808043639A), Aug 8, 1983: Cessna 172M, Camden, MO, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast, bounced and blew nose tire. Came down on an angle to runway. Ran off and overturned.

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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