SEA83LA047

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172 · Payette, ID · January 30, 1983

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
January 30, 1983, 16:35 local (23:35 UTC)
Place
Payette, ID
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N1415YCessna 172
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19830130001659A
Case key
39656

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Analysis

The acft bounced after a hard landing and drifted off the runway into a tree. The acft then stopped in the mud and nosedover. The landing was on runway 31 and the wind was 360 degrees at 8 KTS.

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.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Flare - improperPilot in commandCause
Lack of total experiencePilot in command
In flight collision with objectLanding
Recovery from bounced landing - improperPilot in commandCause
Directional control - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Nose overLanding - flare/touchdown
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor

Aircraft

Registration
N1415Y
Reported as
Cessna 172
Category
Airplane
Serial number
17249115
Airframe hours
4,349
Engine
Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner
Clarence Goff
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · March 24, 1981 · 156 hours before
Airport
S75 · Payette, runway 31, 3,000 × 50 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
55
Certificate
Student
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
59 total · 38 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
360° at 8 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Other investigations on N1415Y · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.