- Date
- March 31, 1991, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6852HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910331017939A
- Case key
- 41409
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Probable cause
The pilot's poorly planned approached for landing. Factors to the accident were: an excessive airspeed, and the inadequacy of the pilot's recovery from a bounced landing.
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
At the end of a plesure flight, the pilot reported that the airlane was too high and fast while on final approach. The pilot slipped the airplane to decrease altitude and airsspeed. When the airplane touched down, it bounced, collapsing the nose gear. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6852H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265608
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alta Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Alta Aircraft
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- OGD · Ogden, runway 16, 5,352 × 150 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 307 total · 37 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.