# Incident 20001014030379I: Cessna 172N, Abilene, TX, October 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2000, 18:30 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Elmdale Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4501° N, 99.6504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELMDALE AIRPARK (82TS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4501&lon=-99.6504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6239F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6239F) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001014030379I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 17 AT ELMDALE AIRPARK IN ABILENE, TX. THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF THE AIRPLANE DURING ROLL OUT CAUSING THE NOSEWHEEL FORK TO DIG IN AND CAUSE THE AIRPLANE TO COME UP ON THE NOSE.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE THREADS ON THE CASTILATED RETAINING  NUT FOR THE NOSEWHEEL AXLE WERE STRIPPED AND IT CAME OFF THE AXLE.

## Other reports on N6239F (2)

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

- [Incident 19950826046809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950826046809I), Aug 26, 1995: Cessna 172N (N6239F), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: during a fly-in event, aircraft was taxied for takeoff from a congested parking area. Aircraft was taxied on yellow taxiway centerline between rows…
- [Incident 19940408014849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940408014849I), Apr 8, 1994: Cessna 172N (N6239F), Amarillo, TX, Minor damage. Go around made due to a quartering tailwind. Hit an identification sign on go around. Landed safely.

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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