19990718022639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Fresno, CA · July 18, 1999

Date
July 18, 1999 · 11:10 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12796
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
422 total400 in this make and model16 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.

(-5) Pilot was held 1200 feet above tpa until just prior to entering downwind. Had trouble keeping speed under control prior to landing. Landed fast, forced nose down and bounced back into the air and then landed on remaining runway available. Nosewheel was broken and firewall sustained a small wrinkle.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) PILOT WAS HELD 1200 FEET ABOVE TPA UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO ENTERING DOWNWIND. HAD TROUBLE KEEPING SPEED UNDER CONTROL PRIOR TO LANDING. LANDED FAST, FORCED NOSE DOWN AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND THEN LANDED ON REMAINING RUNWAY AVAILABLE. NOSEWHEEL WAS BROKEN AND FIREWALL SUSTAINED A SMALL WRINKLE.