# Incident 19980430011009I: Cessna 172P, Marthas Vineyar, MA, April 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1998, 09:54 local time
- Place: Marthas Vineyar, MA
- Airport: Marthas Vineyard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3934° N, 70.6139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3934&lon=-70.6139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66162, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66162-2000-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 18 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980430011009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT SHE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH FOR LANDING AND FAILED TO FLARE PROPERLY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY ON THE NOSE TIRE BOUNCED AND SHE PROCEEDED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE MADE A NORMAL LANDING THE SECOND TIME AND WHILE TAXIING THE NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT. PILOT WAS APPROXIMATELY 18 HOURS IN TYPE, A TOTAL OF 80 HOURS AND RECEIVED HER PILOT'S LICENSE (PRIVATE) ON FEBRUARY 3, 1998.

## Other reports on N66162 (4)

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

- [Accident 19990402002999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990402002999A), Apr 2, 1999: Cessna 172P (N66162), Lawrence, MA, Substantial damage. Student pilot was practicing touch and go landings when the acft landed, became airborne again, came back down hard on the nose gear and propeller, and…
- [Incident 19970711040669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970711040669I), Jul 11, 1997: Cessna 172P (N66162), Lawrence, MA, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was cleared to land runway 32 at Lawrence airport. Pilot landed long, went off the end of the runway through 100 feet of rough grass and down…
- [Incident 19910310029999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910310029999I), Mar 10, 1991: Cessna 172P (N66162), Lawrence, MA. Right brake failed during engine runup. Aircraft entered active runway. Right brake replaced.
- [Accident 19831002052809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831002052809A), Oct 2, 1983: Cessna 172P (N66162), Eppingham, NH, Substantial damage. Pilot became lost because of weather and engine quit from fuel exhaustion during emergency landing.

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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