# Accident 20000804036659A: Cessna 172, Luzerne, MI, August 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2000, 21:05 local time
- Place: Luzerne, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6108° N, 84.2609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6108&lon=-84.2609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N395ES (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA242) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000804036659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 36 (SOD RWY). PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH OVER TREES, REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE. WHILE LANDING, PILOT REPORTED HE BALLOONED BOUNCING THREE OR FOUR TIMES. ON-SITE INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT ON FOURTH CONTACT WITH GROUND, THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. GROUND MARKINGS INDICATE THREE PROPELLOR STRIKES IN SOD, FOLLOWED BY DEEP RUT LEADING TO THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH FLIPPED NOSE OVER, COMING TO A REST ON ITS BACK, WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT POINTING TO THE APPROACH END OF THE RWY. GROUND IMPRESSIONS INDICATE THE PILOT LANDED LONG, APPROX. TWO-THIRDS DOWN THE RWY, BEFORE MAKING FIRST CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. PILOT REPORTED NO ENGINE, FUEL OR FLIGHT CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS OR PROBLEMS.

## 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 CHI00LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA242), Aug 5, 2000: Cessna 172R (N395ES), Luzerne, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the misjudged flare and porpoise encountered during landing by the pilot. A factor to the accident was the collapse of the nose gear.

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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