NYC84LA311

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172P · White Plaines, NY · September 13, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
September 13, 1984, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
Place
White Plaines, NY
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N65719Cessna 172P
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19840913074589A
Case key
35765

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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.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown
Proper descent rate - exceededPilot in commandCause
Anxiety/apprehensionPilot in command
Recovery from bounced landing - improperPilot in commandCause
Lack of total experiencePilot in command

Analysis

The solo student plt stated that she was up set by a request from the tower to do a 360 deg turn on downwind and another acft in the pattern transmitting that the turn would put the 2 acft on a collision course. The turn was not completed and the plt requested and was cleared for an extended downwind. On landing the acft bounced 3 times, touching down hard the second time.

Aircraft

Registration
N65719
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Category
Airplane
Serial number
17275832
Airframe hours
900
Engine
Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Cos Cob Charters, Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
100 hour · June 4, 1984 · 90 hours before
Airport
HPN · Westchester Co., runway 16, 6,548 × 150 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.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
47 total · 47 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
130° at 7 knots
Visibility
15 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
25,000 ft broken
Temperature
75 °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.