- Date
- March 16, 1985, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Princeton, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62541Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850316010939A
- Case key
- 35844
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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
The acft experienced nose gear damage following a loss of control during touchdown. The plt stated the acft touched down on the main gear and bounced as the nose gear was being lowered. After the acft porpoised several times the plt was able to regain control and the acft settled onto the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62541
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275299
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Penna Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 5, 1985 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- 39N · Princeton, runway 28, 3,100 × 60 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 67 in this make and model · 78 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
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 N62541 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.