# Incident 19780731044609I: Cessna 172M, New Lenox, IL, July 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1978, 18:45 local time
- Place: New Lenox, IL
- Airport: Howell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5096° N, 87.9706° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Lenox, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5096&lon=-87.9706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1221U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1221U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780731044609I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE FORK AFTER TOUCHDOWN DUE TO FAILED OR LOST BOLT. BOLT, AN547 NOT FOUND.

## Other reports on N1221U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20230411011059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230411011059A), Apr 11, 2023: Cessna 172M (N1221U), Terrel, TX, Substantial damage. This was a training flight, there was a crosswind, so the nose was crabbed into the wind during landing. When aircraft crossed the threshold, the student pilot…
- [Incident 20060505006439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060505006439I), May 5, 2006: Cessna 172M (N1221U), Cleveland, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was doing touch and go's as she was making a landing the plane porpoised once on the main gears then settled down then bounced again on the main…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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