# NTSB NYC84LA249: Cessna C172, N3275L, Sandy Lake, PA, July 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1984, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Sandy Lake, PA
- Location: 41.3502° N, 80.0837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandy Lake, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3502&lon=-80.0837&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): 35713
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35713/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA249

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

THE ACFT STRUCK A RIDGE AT THE RWYS APPROACH END AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THE ACFT THEN SLID 120 FT DOWN THE CENTER OF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED HE MADE A NORMAL APCH FOR A SHORT FIELD LANDING BUT THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN 10 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. THERE WERE NO MALFUNCTIONS FOUND WITH THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3275L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3275L), registered now, S/N 17256175, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17256175
- Airframe hours: 3280
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Frederick G. Nardi
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 4, 1984, 86 hours before
- Departed: BVI, BEAVER LAKE, PA
- Destination: SANDY LAKE, PA
- Airport: Sandy Lake, runway 18, 1,800 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 264 total, 116 in this make and model, 192 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 81 °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 19840722074349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840722074349A), Jul 22, 1984: Cessna 172H, Sandy Lake, PA, Substantial damage. Final approach too low. Hit small ridge at approach end of runway.

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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