- Date
- July 28, 1989, 20:00 local (Jul 29, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mt Pleasant, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19652Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890728025879A
- Case key
- 36448
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Probable cause
An improper flare by the pilot that resulted in a hard landing.
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 pilot was making takeoffs and landings when the aircraft touched down hard and the nose strut failed. The nose of the aircraft then contacted the surface and the prop was bent. No maintenance or mechanical irregularity of the aircraft was noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19652
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260638
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Milton R. Barclay
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GO7 · Mt Pleasant, PA
- Airport
- G07 · Mt Pleasant/Scottdale, runway 6, 2,000 × 160 ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.