- Date
- June 23, 2004, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N65612Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Cincinnati FSDO
- Case key
- 59490
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in a stall and 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
While performing touch-and-go landings, during climbout, the airplane "dropped" and touched down hard on the runway.
Factual narrative
On June 23, 2004, at 1850 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N65612, was substantially damaged when it impacted the ground after takeoff from the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport (SGH), Springfield, Ohio. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, the purpose of the flight was to practice touch-and-go landings at SGH. He performed two landings without any problems, and then during climbout of the third approach, the airplane "dropped" and impacted the runway, first on its main landing gear, and then on its nose landing gear.
Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65612
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275784
- Airframe hours
- 7,491
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Basics
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 22, 2004
- Departed
- SGH · Springfield, OH
- Destination
- SGH · Springfield, OH
- Airport
- SGH · Springfield-Beckley, runway 33, 5,499 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- FFO, 17 nm away