# Incident 19781205022379I: Cessna 172N, Columbus, OH, December 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1978, 17:00 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Ohio State Univer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210U-2016-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 13 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/19781205022379I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LANDING DIRECTLY INTO BRIGHT SUN HIT NOSE FIRST. NOSE TIRE BLOWN OUT.

## Other reports on N210U (2)

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

- [Incident 20090425005339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090425005339I), Apr 25, 2009: Cessna 210E (N210U), Wilmington, DE, Minor damage. (-23) While in traffic pattern for chester county airport, (mqs), the pilot states that the landing gear lever was placed in the down position and the landing…
- [Incident 19810722070479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810722070479I), Jul 22, 1981: Cessna 210E (N210U), Caldwell, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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