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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Ruston, LA · May 9, 1995

Date: May 9, 1995 · 11:35 local
Place: Ruston, LA
Airport: Ruston Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: GP8S
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6299V
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,450 total150 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N6299VRegistration cancelled May 5, 2022 · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0614 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-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.

Narrative: the chief flight instructor stated that the assistant chief instructor was giving a progress check. During a 180 degree accuracy landing, a hard landing was made. During taxi-in, the instructor realized that the airplane was out of rigging and was steering abnormally. Upon close inspection by a mechanic, the following damage was found: wrinkled skin, external damage of the nose wheel assembly and popped rivets in the nose gear area. No prop strike or additional damage was found. The chief flight instructor/faa aviation safety counselor, conducted a reevaluation progress check ride with the instructor.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE ASSISTANT CHIEF INSTRUCTOR WAS GIVING A PROGRESS CHECK. DURING A 180 DEGREE ACCURACY LANDING, A HARD LANDING WAS MADE. DURING TAXI-IN, THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS OUT OF RIGGING AND WAS STEERING ABNORMALLY. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION BY A MECHANIC, THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS FOUND: WRINKLED SKIN, EXTERNAL DAMAGE OF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND POPPED RIVETS IN THE NOSE GEAR AREA. NO PROP STRIKE OR ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/FAA AVIATION SAFETY COUNSELOR, CONDUCTED A REEVALUATION PROGRESS CHECK RIDE WITH THE INSTRUCTOR.