- Date
- August 12, 1982, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Marlboro, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5451HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820812037889A
- Case key
- 71589
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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 solo student was practicing landings, flared the aircraft too high, then stalled and made a hard landing. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5451H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-65447
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Don'S Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Don'S Flying Service, Inc.
- Departed
- 9B1 · Marlboro, MA
- Destination
- 9B1 · Marlboro, MA
- Airport
- 9B1 · Marlboro, runway 32, 1,680 × 50 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5451H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.