# NTSB NYC84LA197: Cessna C172, N9654Q, Mansfield, MA, May 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 15, 1984, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Location: 42.0009° N, 71.1980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD MUNI (1B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0009&lon=-71.1980&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): 35673
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA197
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35673/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA197

## 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 - performed, pilot in command
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9654Q), registered now, S/N 17265738, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17265738
- Airframe hours: 1300
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840515025029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840515025029A), May 15, 1984: Cessna 172M, Mansfield, MA, Substantial damage. Student pilot on first supervised solo made hard landing causing substantial damage to aircraft.

## Other investigations on N9654Q (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC77FNA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FNA11), Feb 6, 1977: Cessna 172M (N9654Q), Plymouth, MA, substantial damage

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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