19990802026989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Mankato, MN · August 2, 1999

Date
August 2, 1999 · 14:40 local
Place
Mankato, MN
Airport
Mankato Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N737GZ
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total60 in this make and model40 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.

Aircraft porpoised on landing. Prop hit runway. Airman thought he was high coming in and probably gained airspeed on approach. During porpoise added power and regained control of aircraft. Airman solo privileges suspended pending further training on approach and landing. This is to be followed by new solo endorsement and reinstatement of solo privileges from this office.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON LANDING. PROP HIT RUNWAY. AIRMAN THOUGHT HE WAS HIGH COMING IN AND PROBABLY GAINED AIRSPEED ON APPROACH. DURING PORPOISE ADDED POWER AND REGAINED CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. AIRMAN SOLO PRIVILEGES SUSPENDED PENDING FURTHER TRAINING ON APPROACH AND LANDING. THIS IS TO BE FOLLOWED BY NEW SOLO ENDORSEMENT AND REINSTATEMENT OF SOLO PRIVILEGES FROM THIS OFFICE.