- Date
- August 20, 1988, 11:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Tyge Valley, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737RBCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880820034549A
- Case key
- 40869
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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
The pilot reported that late in the apch, the acft developed a high sink rate. However, he used elevator only to correct the sink rate. The aircraft impacted the runway and bounced. On the third bounce, the nose gear failed and the aircraft nosed over. The pilot stated later that he should have used power to correct the sink rate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737RB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269606
- Airframe hours
- 3,768
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scenic Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 16, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- TTD · Troutdale, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Pine Hollow, runway 18, 3,200 × 250 ft, grass/turf
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 114 total · 9 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.