- Date
- February 7, 1991, 15:06 local (22:06 UTC)
- Place
- Helena, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13654Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910207001949A
- Case key
- 41387
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control on landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper flare on landing inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, and the pilot's lack of total and recent experience.
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
During a landing, the pilot flared high and the airplane touched down and bounced. The pilot applied power, and the airplane touched down again and veered to the left. The left wing and propeller collided with the runway. The airplane exited the runway and came to rest nose down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13654
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262914
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sleeping Giant Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Sleeping Giant Flying Club
- Departed
- 8U9 · Townsend, MT
- Airport
- HLN · Helena, runway 27, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 99 in this make and model · 66 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.