# NTSB NYC83LA117: Cessna 172P, N5302K, Collegeville, PA, May 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 19, 1983, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Collegeville, PA
- Coordinates: 40.179702, -75.449462 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1797&lon=-75.4495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35185/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA117

## 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)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING AFTER WHICH IT SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE PILOT WAS ON A SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AND WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 27. AS THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD IT BOUNCED AND LEFT THE CONFINES OF THERUNWAY. THE ACFT TRAVELED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AS THE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED SOME SMALL TREES. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BUT THE STUDENT PILOT ESCAPED INJURY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5302K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5302K-2014-02-11), registration cancelled 2014-02-11, S/N 17274054, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-4054
- Airframe hours: 1253
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harold Schwartz
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 26, 1983, 41 hours before
- Departed: N10, COLLEGEVILLE, PA
- Destination: N10, COLLEGEVILLE, PA
- Airport: N10, Perkiomen Valley, runway 27, 2,870 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830519023039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830519023039A), May 19, 1983: Cessna 172P, Collegeville, PA, Substantial damage. Hard crosswind landing. Swerved off runway after bouncing. Exited over embankment into trees.

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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