# Incident 19990718022639I: Cessna 172M, Fresno, CA, July 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1999, 11:10 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7766° N, 119.7188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL (FAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7766&lon=-119.7188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12796, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12796) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 400 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990718022639I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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