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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Phillipsburg, OH · September 21, 1996

Date
September 21, 1996 · 19:40 local
Place
Phillipsburg, OH
Airport
Phillipsburg Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N131FR
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total4 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

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: returning from a local flight with three passengers on board, the pilot attempted to land at Phillipsburg Airport, OH (3I7). The aircraft landed hard and bounced twice. The second impact caused the nose landing gear to collapse which resulted with the propeller striking the runway and stopping the engine. Damage was limited to the nose gear assembly, propeller, lower nose cowling assembly and minor tail skin damage. There were no injuries to the pilot or passengers. Mr. Gauby stated in his written response that he felt he was on an appropriate glide slope for touchdown, but upon impact the aircraft bounced. The second contact with the runway resulted in the nose gear collapsing and propeller striking the runway stopping the engine. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: RETURNING FROM A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT PHILLIPSBURG AIRPORT, OH (3I7). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED TWICE. THE SECOND IMPACT CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE WHICH RESULTED WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY AND STOPPING THE ENGINE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, PROPELLER, LOWER NOSE COWLING ASSEMBLY AND MINOR TAIL SKIN DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS. MR. GAUBY STATED IN HIS WRITTEN RESPONSE THAT HE FELT HE WAS ON AN APPROPRIATE GLIDE SLOPE FOR TOUCHDOWN, BUT UPON IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. THE SECOND CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING AND PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY STOPPING THE ENGINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^