# Incident 19950509016269I: Cessna 172RG, Ruston, LA, May 9, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1995, 11:35 local time
- Place: Ruston, LA
- Airport: Ruston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GP8S
- Location: 32.5132° N, 92.5884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUSTON RGNL (RSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5132&lon=-92.5884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6299V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6299V-2022-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 150 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950509016269I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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