# NTSB NYC82DA194: Cessna 172M, N5451H, Marlboro, MA, August 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1982, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place: Marlboro, MA
- Location: 42.3496° N, 71.5472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marlborough, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3496&lon=-71.5472&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71589
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71589/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA194

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5451H-2013-04-18), registration cancelled 2013-04-18, S/N 17265447, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-65447
- Airframe hours: 2200
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820812037889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820812037889A), Aug 12, 1982: Cessna 172M, Marlboro, MA, Substantial damage. Student leveled off aircraft too high during landing, resulting in stall and hard landing breaking nose gear off.

## Other investigations on N5451H (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC79DNA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DNA15), Apr 11, 1979: Cessna 172 (N5451H), Marlboro, MA, substantial 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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