# Accident 20001130031439A: Cessna 172, Mobile, AL, November 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Skywest Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6835° N, 88.3720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYWEST AIRPARK (62AL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6835&lon=-88.3720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8507B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8507B-2026-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 30 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001130031439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ STATED SHE WAS LANDING AT SKYWEST AIR PARK S26 MOBILE, AL. PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, SHE REDUCED ALL POWER. THE A/C BOUNCED ON TOUCH DOWN AND SHE ADDED POWER. ON ROLLOUT THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL. THE NOSE WHEEL UPPER FITTING IS BEING INSPECTED FOR POSSIBLE FAILURE. A M&D WILL BE SUBMITTED. (.4) ON NOVEMBER 30, 2000, AT 1430 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172, N8507B, REGISTERED TO PRUITT HOMES OF MISSOURI, INC., WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL AT SKYWEST AIRPARK AIRPORT IN MOBILE, ALABAMA.  THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD, WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FAIRHOPE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA, AT 1400. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, DURING LANDING ON THE GRASS STRIP SHE CAME IN WITH 40 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND A AIRSPEED OF 65 TO 75 KNOTS. SHE MADE A HARDER THAN USUAL LANDING ON THE MAIN WHEELS AND BOUNCED AROUND 5 TO 6 FEET. SHE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND UPON ROLLOUT T         HE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE GEAR ATTACH POINTS FOUND THE GEAR HAD SEPARATED IN OVERLOAD.

## 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 ATL01LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA018), Nov 30, 2000: Cessna 172 (N8507B), Mobile, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare during landing that resulted in a hard landing and the subsequent overload failure of the nose gear assembly.

## Other reports on N8507B (1)

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

- [Accident 19760424017079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760424017079A), Apr 24, 1976: Cessna 172 (N8507B), Shelbyville, MO, Substantial damage. Pin that attaches nose wheel to strut disconnected. Nose wheel twisted on shaft and broke off.

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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