# NTSB MKC84LA167: Cessna 172P, N97163, Fremont, NE, June 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Fremont, NE
- Coordinates: 41.439975, -96.489334 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4400&lon=-96.4893&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): 33703
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33703/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA167

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97163), registered now, S/N 17276161, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17276161
- Airframe hours: 18
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840608026459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840608026459A), Jun 8, 1984: Cessna 172P, Fremont, NE, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on two landings before stopping. Impacts caused substantial airframe damage.

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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