MKC86LA003

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172 · Guilford, MO · October 5, 1985

Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal report

Date: October 5, 1985, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
Place: Guilford, MO
Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
Damage: Substantial damage
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft: N4016FCessna 172
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Status: Completed
Report: Approved by Office Director
FAA report: 19851005049069A
Case key: 34098

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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.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown

Flare - misjudgedPilot in commandCause

Recovery from bounced landing - improperPilot in commandCause

Nose gear collapsedLanding - flare/touchdown

Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor

Nose overLanding - roll

Analysis

The plt reports that he landed hard, bounced and came down on the nose gear. The nose gear broke and the acft went over on its back.

Aircraft

Registration: N4016F
Reported as: Cessna 172
Category: Airplane
Serial number: 36916
Airframe hours: 3,950
Engine: Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage: Substantial damage
Flight: Personal · Part 91
Registered owner: Raymond Negaard
Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
Last inspection: Annual · August 1, 1985 · 90 hours before
Airport: Jenson Field, runway 27, 2,200 × ft, grass/turf

N4016FRegistration cancelled Dec 1, 1992 · Cessna 172S/N 36916 Airframe modelCessna 172

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Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role: Pilot
Age: 49
Certificate: Private
Airplane ratings: Single-engine land
Medical: Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat: Left
Flight hours: 267 total · 267 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind: 290° at 7 knots
Visibility: 30 statute miles
Lowest ceiling: None
Temperature: 64 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19851005049069ACessna 172 · Guilford, MOLanded hard and bounced. Touched down nose first and nose gear broke. Aircraft nosed over.Oct 5, 1985 · N4016F · Substantial damage

Other investigations on N4016F · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN86FA223Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportTen Sleep, WYThe plt became lost/disoriented and inadvertently entered the narrow canyon in a mountain pass. He attempted to land on a public highway at 7,500 feet MSL when it became apparent the acft would not climb fast enough to clear rapidly rising terrain and that it…Aug 9, 1986 · Destroyed