# Incident 19960921034639I: Cessna 172P, Phillipsburg, OH, September 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1996, 19:40 local time
- Place: Phillipsburg, OH
- Airport: Phillipsburg Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9040° N, 84.4010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phillipsburg, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9040&lon=-84.4010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N131FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 4 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960921034639I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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