- Date
- February 1, 1987, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N79881Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30594
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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.
Undershoot
Proper descent rate - not maintainedCause
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
Analysis
The personal flight with four occupants on board landed about 40 feet short of the runway after completing two successful touch and go landings. Pilot stated that the wind was at 220 degrees at 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79881
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258216
- Airframe hours
- 3,268
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard J. Altomari
- Registered owner
- Pat Crawley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1986 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- G08 · Monongahela, PA
- Destination
- Butler, PA
- Airport
- BTP · Butler County, runway 26, 4,000 × 100 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 82 total · 8 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 26 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg