- Date
- August 2, 1989, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newburgh, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1983FCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890802032879I
- Case key
- 36470
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Probable cause
The dual student's misjudgement of the airplane's altitude and speed during the flare for landing, and the improper use of power during the flare. In addition, the CFI failed to adequately supervise the dual student's action.
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 student flared too high, did not reduce throttle, and the aircraft began to balloon. Back pressure was applied by the student as the airspeed decreased, and he reduced throttle to the idle position stalling the aircraft. The aircraft dropped about 15 ft to a three point landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1983F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276134
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Panaroma Flight Service
- Departed
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Destination
- 5WF · Stewart, NY
- Airport
- SWF · Stewart Int., runway 16, 6,006 × 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,716 total · 440 in this make and model · 1,426 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- 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.