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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Rock Springs, WY · February 25, 1980

Date
February 25, 1980 · 15:23 local
Place
Rock Springs, WY
Airport
Sweetwater
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5216E
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80FTC09
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
62 total62 in this make and model1 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.

Made hard landing. Controls were binding due to impact damage. Went around. Second hard landing blew nose tire.

As the FAA filed it

MADE HARD LANDING. CONTROLS WERE BINDING DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE. WENT AROUND. SECOND HARD LANDING BLEW NOSE TIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.