# NTSB NYC93LA090: Cessna 172, N734QF, Columbus, OH, April 23, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1993, 15:57 local (19:57 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Coordinates: 39.969089, -83.129447 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9691&lon=-83.1294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37315
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC93LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37315/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA090

## 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

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734QF), registered now, S/N 17269025, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17269025
- Airframe hours: 2613
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930423010469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930423010469A), Apr 23, 1993: Cessna 172N, Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Ballooned on landing. Failed to adjust situation, came down hard on all 3 gears. Bent firewall. Lacked recent time.

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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