# Incident 19890326024279I: Cessna 172P, Muscle Shoals, AL, March 26, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1989, 12:41 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Muscle Shoals
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7427° N, 87.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muscle Shoals, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7427&lon=-87.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65773, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65773) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 3 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/19890326024279I

## Narrative

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

MADE HARD LANDING AND COMPRESSED THE NOSE GEAR. NO OTHER DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N65773 (3)

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

- [Accident 20200612008649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200612008649A), Jun 12, 2020: Cessna 172P (N65773), Bowling Green, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot was on final approach to land on rwy 31 at Bowling Green Municipal Airport (H19), had a hard landing and porpoised down the runway. Pilot took off again…
- [Accident 20181203020669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181203020669A), Dec 3, 2018: Cessna 172P (N65773), Monroe, NC, Substantial damage. While conducting pattern work RWY23 at eqy airport. Pilot stated that on third landing the aircraft started to porpoise during flare, clipped left wing, front…
- [Incident 19970614034499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970614034499I), Jun 14, 1997: Cessna 172P (N65773), Earle, AR. Narrative: on June 14, 1997, at 2037 central daylight time, a Cessna 172, N65773, S/N17275876, registered to Douglas aviation, inc., operated by commercial…

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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