# NTSB SEA83LA047: Cessna 172, N1415Y, Payette, ID, January 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 30, 1983, 16:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place: Payette, ID
- Coordinates: 44.060607, -116.700225 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0606&lon=-116.7002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39656
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39656/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA047

## 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

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1415Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1415Y-2014-09-05), registration cancelled 2014-09-05, S/N 17249115, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (registry code 2072408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17249115
- Airframe hours: 4349
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830130001659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830130001659A), Jan 30, 1983: Cessna 172C, Payette, ID, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Drifted off runway and struck a tree.

## Other investigations on N1415Y (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC76DCQ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCQ33), Feb 19, 1976: Cessna 172 (N1415Y), Maize, KS, substantial damage

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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