# Incident 19950316007879I: Cessna 172H, Craigsville, WV, March 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1995, 14:00 local time
- Place: Craigsville, WV
- Airport: Herold
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3346° N, 80.6531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEROLD (WV63), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3346&lon=-80.6531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8844Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8844Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,015 total, 400 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950316007879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 3/13/95, MR. JAMES R. BOWER WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF CESSNA 172, N8844Z, AND WAS CONDUCTING A VFR, INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FROM THE TAZWELL COUNTY AIRPORT TO A PRIVATE AIRPORT (HEROLD) IN CRAIGSVILLE, WV. TWO STUDENT PILOTS WERE ABOARD CESSNA N8844Z, BUT MR. BOWER, A CFI, TOOK THE CONTROLS ON BASE LEG AT HEROLD AIRPORT AND MADE THE LANDING. N8844Z BALLOONED OR BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AFTER THE INITIAL FLARE AND THEN TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST. THE NOSE GEAR FORK FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF THE NOSE WHEEL AND EVENTUAL LOSS OF THE ENTIRE NOSE STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE GRASS RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET, SLIDING ON THE ENGINE COWLING AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND MR. BOWER AND ONE OF THE STUDENT PILOTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES (SCRATCHES). THE AIRCRAFT AND ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO FAA OR NTBS NOTIFICATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. WITNESS: ALAN SUTTHIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^

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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