- Date
- April 29, 1994, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53161Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940429015759A
- Case key
- 41921
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Probable cause
Poor in-flight planning. Factors to the accident were: inadequate remedial action and uncontrolled porpoise.
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 solo instructional flight, the student pilot reported that during the third touch and go landing, the approach was normal until the airplane passed the threshold. The airplane remained airborne and floated down the runway. As the airspeed diminished, the airplane landed hard and bounced. The airplane continued to bounce until it finally stabilized and the pilot was able to taxi the airplane off the runway.
Factual narrative
On April 29, 1994, at 1130 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N53161, landed hard and bounced during the landing at the Hillsboro Airport, Hillsboro, Oregon, during a student solo instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot was not injured.
The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings when during the third touch and go, the pilot stated that the approach was normal until passing over the threshold. The airplane remained airborne and "floated" down the runway. When the airspeed diminished sufficiently, the airplane landed hard and bounced. The airplane continued to bounce down the runway until it finally stabilized and the pilot taxied the airplane off the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53161
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274694
- Airframe hours
- 4,866
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Flight Center, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Eagle Flight Center, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 1994 · 32 hours before
- Airport
- HIO · Hillsboro, runway 20, 4,049 × 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 39 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIO
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 N53161 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.