# Incident 19970315003219I: Cessna 172M, Norfolk, VA, March 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1997, 08:30 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64260, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 75 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970315003219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT DEPARTED NORFOLK FOR NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INT'L AIRPORT (PHF). THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR. HE DID SEVERAL TOUCH AND GOES. THE TOWER INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS ON THE WRONG RUNWAY. HE TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 2, BEGAN DESCENT INTO NORFOLK FOR RUNWAY 32. THE DESCENT APPEARED TO BE HIGH AND THE SPEED TOO FAST. THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A BOUNCED LANDING, THEN A SECOND HIGHER AND HARDER LANDING, AND THEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N64260 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770903029869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770903029869A), Sep 3, 1977: Cessna 172M (N64260), Grove Hill, AL, Substantial damage. After 60MPH ac would not accelerate. Ac hit ditch. No malfunction of ac systems were found.

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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