# Incident 19950202002949I: Cessna 172RG, Titusville, FL, February 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1995, 09:45 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Arthur Dunn Air Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.6225° N, 80.8354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARTHUR DUNN AIR PARK (X21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6225&lon=-80.8354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9303D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9303D-1999-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 40 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950202002949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED: WE APPROACHED X21 AND SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE. A NORMAL APPROACH WAS ACCOMPLISHED, THE RIGHT SEAT PILOT FLARED HIGH AND WE DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE, DUE TO THE POSITION ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE ACFT SETTLED BACK TO THE RUN WAY AND BEGAN THE ROLLOUT I WAS CRITIQUING THE APPROACH AND LANDING APPR. 5 SECONDS, THE NOSE DROPPED TO THE GROUND AS WE SKIDDED, I REALIZED THE NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED. MR. COPENHAUER AND I HAD CHECKED THE GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AND WE HAD A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT.

## Other reports on N9303D (1)

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

- [Accident 19980424028209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980424028209A), Apr 24, 1998: Cessna 172RG (N9303D), Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. The cfi-pic stated that the CFI trainee was performing a soft field takeoff with a 6 knot tailwind, and after rotation while attempting to accelerate, the…

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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