- Date
- May 22, 1985, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8703BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35881
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 landing
Recovery from bounced landing - not correctedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Airspeed - excessiveCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft ballooned during landing and drifted to the side of the rwy where it made ground contact in a drainage area. The acft bounced and came down hard before coming to a stop. The plt said he was high on appraoch & lowered full flaps. The acft was not properly aligned with the rwy prior to the bounce & drift.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8703B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36403
- Airframe hours
- 1,743
- Engine
- Continental UNKNOWN, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Gantz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- Bradford, PA
- Destination
- Erie, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3G1 · Erie, runway 9, 3,100 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 44 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 57 °F