# Incident 19870917064659I: Cessna 172, Sylva, NC, September 17, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1987, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sylva, NC
- Airport: Jackson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3172° N, 83.2097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSON COUNTY (24A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3172&lon=-83.2097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7144T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7144T-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 18 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870917064659I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON TOUCHDOWN. CONTINUED TO PORPOISE UNTIL NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. SOLO STUDENT PILOT.

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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