# Accident 19890902033289A: Cessna 172M, Bellville, TX, September 2, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1989, 13:25 local time
- Place: Bellville, TX
- Airport: Grawunder Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9411° N, 96.2453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grawunder Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9411&lon=-96.2453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13620, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13620-1999-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890902033289A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON LANDING, OVER CONTROLLED, NOSE GEAR IMPACTED,FOLDED AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW89LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA158), Sep 2, 1989: Cessna 172M (N13620), Bellville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER FLARE BY THE PILOT AND HIS IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT PORPOISE AND SUBSEQUENT NOSE GEAR FAILURE.

## Other reports on N13620 (3)

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

- [Accident 19940323000879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940323000879A), Mar 23, 1994: Cessna 172M (N13620), Santa Maria, CA, Destroyed. Flying low in canyon engine rough then quit. Landed in trees. Magnetos worn out of timing and not approved type.
- [Accident 19830309006969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830309006969A), Mar 9, 1983: Cessna 172M (N13620), Leadville, CO, Substantial damage. Skidded off side of runway on landing. Struck a snowbank and overturned.
- [Incident 19810412024359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810412024359I), Apr 12, 1981: Cessna 172M (N13620), Leadville, CO, Minor damage. During touch and go landing pilot made a hard landing, broke nose gear fork. Made go-around and landed.

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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