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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Waterloo, IA · July 29, 1980

Date: July 29, 1980 · 18:06 local
Place: Waterloo, IA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2468E
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 73 total3 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N2468ERegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17271294 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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 bounced on touchdown. Continued to bounce until nosewheel broke off.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN. CONTINUED TO BOUNCE UNTIL NOSEWHEEL BROKE OFF.