# Incident 19960714024189I: Cessna 175, Connellsville, PA, July 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1996, 19:30 local time
- Place: Connellsville, PA
- Airport: Connellsville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0159° N, 79.5896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Connellsville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0159&lon=-79.5896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7579M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7579M-2023-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 161 total, 160 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/19960714024189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED: DURING APPROACH TO LANDING, THE CE-175 MADE A HARD LANDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO HANGAR WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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