# NTSB NYC84LA003: Cessna C-172, N96103, Spring Valley, NY, October 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 1983, 11:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place: Spring Valley, NY
- Coordinates: 41.120998, -74.049949 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1210&lon=-74.0499&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): 35448
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35448/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA003

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT, ON A SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED OFF THE RWY. THE STUDENT PLT WAS NOT INJURED BUT THE ACFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE MAIN AND NOSE GEAR, THE PROPELLER, FIREWALL, WING ROOT AND THE ENGINE COWLING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96103](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96103-1989-06-15), registration cancelled 1989-06-15, S/N 17276022 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17276022
- Airframe hours: 289
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tag Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1983, 64 hours before
- Airport: N24, Ramapo Valley

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 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 19831006053179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831006053179A), Oct 6, 1983: Cessna 172P, Spring Valley, NY, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing, went off the side of the runway and hit on the nosewheel and propeller.

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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