# Incident 19880515028759I: Cessna 172P, Gaithersburg, MD, May 15, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1988, 12:15 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65835, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65835-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 33 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515028759I

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED AND PULLED TO RIGHT ON TOUCHDOWN.  NOSE GEAR BROKE. PROP AND LEFT WING HIT GROUND. SUSPECT BRAKES WERE ON.

## Other reports on N65835 (1)

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

- [Accident 20121111024389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121111024389A), Nov 11, 2012: Cessna 172P (N65835), Maricopa, AZ, Destroyed. Shortly after takeoff aircraft stalled. P.I.c. stated that he did not experience any engine problems.

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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