# Incident 19920520024289I: Cessna 172N, Madison, WI, May 20, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1992, 20:00 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane Co Regional-Truax Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1399° N, 89.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD (MSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1399&lon=-89.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738LM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738LM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 3 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920520024289I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. BOUNCED AND LANDED ON NOSE WHEEL.

## Other reports on N738LM (3)

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

- [Accident 19970516015659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970516015659A), May 16, 1997: Cessna 172N (N738LM), Madison, WI, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot was landing on runway 18 when the accident occurred. He reported that when he checked the ATIS prior to landing the winds were being reported as…
- [Accident 19951112036439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951112036439A), Nov 12, 1995: Cessna 172N (N738LM), Niles, MI, Substantial damage. Lost power approaching airport. Nosed over in snow covered cornfield. Fuel was depleted. Not IFR rated. (-23) on November 12, 1995, at 1532 EST, Cessna model…
- [Incident 19780704042039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704042039I), Jul 4, 1978: Cessna 172N (N738LM), St Louis, MO. Pilot departed with inoperative radio, then unable to find destination. When nearly out of fuel found an airport.

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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