- Date
- January 5, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Centre Hall, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4911GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830105000419A
- Case key
- 35142
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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 landing
Flare - improperCause
Lack of total experience
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Nose over
Analysis
The student plt took off to practice touch-and-go landings. The takeoff was accomplished without difficulty and the landing approach was uneventful until touchdown. The plt stated that on touchdown, the nose of the acft was too low and the nosewheel hit the rwy hard and dug in. Subsequntly, the nose gear failed and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4911G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-73458
- Airframe hours
- 592
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frazier Planning Mill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1982 · 26 hours before
- Airport
- N16 · Centre, runway 24, 2,900 × 225 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.