# NTSB NYC84LA119: Cessna C172, N52538, Corry, PA, March 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 25, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Corry, PA
- Coordinates: 41.919738, -79.630523 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9197&lon=-79.6305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35519
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35519/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA119

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - snowbank

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52538-1998-07-29), registration cancelled 1998-07-29, S/N 17274551 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274551
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840325075079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840325075079A), Mar 25, 1984: Cessna 172P, Corry, PA, Substantial damage. Landed with gusty crosswind, porpoised, left wing dipped and contacted snowbank. Pitched nose first into snow.

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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