# Accident 20000630010119A: Cessna 172N, Durango, CO, June 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2000, 09:05 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2032° N, 107.8692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2032&lon=-107.8692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4642J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4642J-2019-05-20) (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
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000630010119A

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING THE STUDENT PILOTS FIRST SOLO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR LANDING AGAIN ON THE NOSE WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY HITTING A FENCE POST AND COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM THE EDGE.  DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A BENT FIRE WALL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN00LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA129), Jun 30, 2000: Cessna 172N (N4642J), Durango, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot prematurely flaring the airplane for landing, resulting in a hard landing, followed by an inadvertent pilot-induced porpoise and loss of directional control. A factor was the fence.

## Other reports on N4642J (3)

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

- [Accident 20181112021719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181112021719A), Nov 12, 2018: Cessna 172N (N4642J), Inverness, FL, Substantial damage. On November 12, 2018, at 1400 EST a 1979 Cessna, model 172N, N4642J that is registered to cag aircraft holdings, LLC, ran off the runway after touchdown and…
- [Accident 20020217003229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020217003229A), Feb 17, 2002: Cessna 172N (N4642J), Durango, CO, No damage. (-23) On February 17. 2002, at approximately 0920 MST a Cessna 172N, N4642J, was substantially damaged during landing at animas air park, Durango, Colorado.…
- [Accident 19820816038429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820816038429A), Aug 16, 1982: Cessna 172N (N4642J), Durango, CO, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost control of aircraft during flare and touchdown when gust of wind caught right wing.

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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