- Date
- June 8, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97163Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840608026459A
- Case key
- 33703
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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 pilot selected a downwind rwy for landing. Touchdown was nose gear first, followed by a porpoise and a go-around. On the second approach to the same runway, touchdown was again nose first and the aircraft porpoised twice before landing was completed. The pilot was issued his private certificate 12 days prior to the mishap and had accrued 86 total hours flying experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97163
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276161
- Airframe hours
- 18
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sky Harbor Air Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OMA · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- FET · Fremont, NE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FET · Fremont Muni, runway 31, 3,800 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 13 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 30 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.