# NTSB NYC94LA060: Cessna 172K, N79136, Dayton, OH, March 10, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 10, 1994, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC) - Place: Dayton, OH - Coordinates: 39.629837, -84.269515 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6298&lon=-84.2695&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 18, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38738 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC94LA060 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38738/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA060 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to maintain directional control which resulted in a runway overrun. Factors are the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and his lack of experience. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor) - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor) ## Analysis THE PILOT WAS ON HIS THIRD SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS TRYING TO LAND WHEN THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED TWICE ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DESPITE THE PILOT'S ATTEMPT TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BY APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK. THE PILOT STATED: 'THERE WAS A GUST OF WIND AT TOUCH DOWN, WHICH CAUSED THE PLANE TO LEAVE THE GROUND AFTER INITIAL TOUCH DOWN AND UPON THE SECOND TOUCH DOWN, I WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE CENTERLINE. I NOW KNOW I SHOULD HAVE JAMMED THE RIGHT RUDDER AND NOT ACCEPTED RUNNING INTO THE SNOWBANK. I HAVE NO DOUBT, I COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT.' ## Factual narrative On March 10, 1994, about 1715 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172K, N79136, piloted by Mr. Robert P. O'Rourke, collided with the terrain during a landing at the Dayton General Airport, South Dayton, Ohio. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR 91. The pilot was on his third supervised solo, and had landed. As the airplane touched down on the runway it bounced, and then departed the runway. According to the pilot's written statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, at the time of the accident and after touchdown the airplane started, "...rolling to the side of the runway and normal right rudder pressure did not bring me back to the center, the safest thing was let the plane roll into the snow." The pilot wrote that when he first touched down: ...a gust of wind...caused the plane to leave the ground after initial touchdown and upon the second touchdown, I was not aligned with the center line...I have no doubt, I could have prevented this accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N79136](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79136), registered now, S/N 17257906, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K - Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17257906 - Airframe hours: 3715 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Kevin R. Howard - Registered owner: Kevin R. Howard - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 10, 1994, 25 hours before - Departed: MGY - Destination: MG4 - Airport: MGY, Dayton General, runway 2, 4,981 × 100 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 39; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 290° at 7 knots - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 30 °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 19940310005069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940310005069A), Mar 10, 1994: Cessna 172K, Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. Bounced swerved. Failed to correct situaton. Rolled off runway into a snowbank. From the NTSB's public API. 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