- Date
- March 25, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Corry, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52538Cessna C172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840325075079A
- Case key
- 35519
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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 pilot stated that he landing on runway 32 and on initial touchdown the nosewheel contacted the runway after the right main gear, causing the aircraft to ascend back into the air. The aircraft 'porpoised', the left wing tip dipped and collided with a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52538
- Reported as
- Cessna C172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274551
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Erie Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1983 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- Erie, PA
- Destination
- 8G2 · Corry, PA
- Airport
- 8G2 · Corry, runway 32, 3,000 × 75 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
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 8 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.