# Incident 19901012060819I: Cessna R172E, Bessemer, AL, October 12, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1990
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31818, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31818-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 50 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901012060819I

## Narrative

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

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

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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