40.2171° N, 76.8514° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 14, 1979 · 20:35 local
Place
New Cumberland, PA
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N20498
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total25 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft landed hard on nose wheel, blew the tire, collapsed strut, damaged prop and nose wheel housing.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON NOSE WHEEL, BLEW THE TIRE, COLLAPSED STRUT, DAMAGED PROP AND NOSE WHEEL HOUSING.