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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R172E · Bessemer, AL · October 12, 1990

Date: October 12, 1990
Place: Bessemer, AL
Airport: Bessemer Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N31818
Reported as: Cessna R172E
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 800 total50 in this make and model

N31818Registration cancelled Sep 29, 2014 · Cessna R172ES/N R172-0194 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna R172E Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Instructor put prop in flat pitch position. Pilot pushed wheel forward. Aircraft hit runway,nose wheel first.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR PUT PROP IN FLAT PITCH POSITION. PILOT PUSHED WHEEL FORWARD. AIRCRAFT HIT RUNWAY,NOSE WHEEL FIRST.