- Date
- April 23, 1993, 15:57 local (19:57 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734QFCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930423010469A
- Case key
- 37315
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Probable cause
The improper flare by the pilot allowing the airplane to balloon and land hard. A factor in this accident was pilot's lack of recent flying experience.
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
On final approach the pilot flared early and the airplane ballooned. The airplane then landed hard on all landing gear simultaneously, driving the nose gear up and tearing the engine fire wall. The pilot had flown one flight, during the 7 months preceding the accident flight, for a total of six tenths of an hour duration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734QF
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269025
- Airframe hours
- 2,613
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cmh Aviation
- Registered owner
- Cmh Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1993 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- 214
- Destination
- 214
- Airport
- 2I4 · Bolton Field, runway 22, 5,199 × 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 9 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 2I4, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.