# Incident 19870102001409I: Cessna 172N, Flagstaff, AZ, January 2, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1987, 15:50 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Pulliam
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1981° N, 111.6513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flagstaff, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1981&lon=-111.6513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5216J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5216J-2005-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 6 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870102001409I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED ON LANDING AND LANDED HARD, SCRAPING THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WINGTIP.

## Other reports on N5216J (1)

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

- [Accident 20031204031179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031204031179A), Dec 4, 2003: Cessna 172N (N5216J), Nogales, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot on first supervised solo conducting first approach to landing. Aircraft bounced on landing, became airborne, landed again and departed…

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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