# NTSB NYC90LA108: Cessna 172M, N80104, Granville, NY, May 14, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1990, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Granville, NY
- Coordinates: 43.399181, -73.259101 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3992&lon=-73.2591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 10, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36643
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC90LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36643/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA108

## Probable cause

THE IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH A DITCH.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, other

## Analysis

AFTER A PERIOD OF DUAL INSTRUCTION, THE STUDENT WAS AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT. DURING LANDING, THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS ESTABLISHED ON FINAL AND JUST PRIOR TO FLARE THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A RAPID SINK RATE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, BOUNCED AND TOUCHED AGAIN AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. IT THEN ROLLED OFF THE END, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80104](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80104-1992-11-17), registration cancelled 1992-11-17, S/N 17266370 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 66370
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: High Country Helicopters,Inc.
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: B01, GRANDVILLE, NY
- Airport: B01, Granville, runway 34, 2,500 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 10 knots, gusting 4
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 39 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900514015849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900514015849A), May 14, 1990: Cessna 172M, Granville, NY, Substantial damage. High sink rate on second solo landing. Bounced lost control veered off runway into ditch and nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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