# Incident 20000618020639I: Cessna 172N, San Carlos, CA, June 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2000, 16:40 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5096G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5096G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 8 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000618020639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30, WINDS WERE REPORTED 260 AT 20, AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE GROUND HARD SEVERAL TIMES. THE PILOT DECIDED TO ADD POWER AND ATTEMPT A GO AROUND BUT STARTED DRIFTING SO HE DECIDED TO PUSH THE NOSE DOWN AGAIN BREAKING THE FORKS OF THE NOSE STRUT. A COPY OF THIS REPORT IS BEING FORWARDED TO OPERATIONS FOR FURTHER ACTION.

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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