44.4259° N, 69.0064° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Belfast, ME, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 27, 1985 · 11:45 local
Place
Belfast, ME
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6275K
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total20 in this make and model10 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.
Bounced hard on touchdown. Nose wheel tire blew out and propeller contacted runway.
As the FAA filed it
BOUNCED HARD ON TOUCHDOWN. NOSE WHEEL TIRE BLEW OUT AND PROPELLER CONTACTED RUNWAY.