- Date
- May 15, 1984, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mansfield, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9654QCessna C172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840515025029A
- Case key
- 35673
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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
Student plt on first solo landed hard due to late flare. The acft touched down on the nose gear resulting in substantialdamage. A go-around was accomplished followed by an uneventful landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9654Q
- Reported as
- Cessna C172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265738
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Powell Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1983 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- 1B9 · Mansfield, MA
- Airport
- 1B9 · Mansfield, runway 32, 3,500 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9654Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.