# Incident 20010507009669I: Cessna 172N, El Dorado, KS, May 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2001, 19:30 local time
- Place: El Dorado, KS
- Airport: Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7741° N, 96.8176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport (EQA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7741&lon=-96.8176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2234E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2234E-2016-10-28) (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: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010507009669I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING ^PRIVACY DATA ^ FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT AND SECOND LANDING, AIRCRAFT PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING WRINKLING TO THE FIREWALL AND CABIN FLOOR. NOSE WHEEL FAIRING BROKEN.

## Other reports on N2234E (1)

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

- [Accident 19790916024089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916024089A), Sep 16, 1979: Cessna 172N (N2234E), Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to roll forward, striking the tie down chain of another aircraft.

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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