# Accident 20020408009479A: Cessna 172P, Mc Kinney, TX, April 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mc Kinney, TX
- Airport: Mc Kinney Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 96.5931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-96.5931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99341, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99341) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020408009479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 8, 2002, A CESSNA 172, N99341, BEING FLOWN BY A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT, MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE MCKINNEY AIRPORT WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE STRIKING THE GROUND WITH THE NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER. THE STUDENT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT BEING OBSERVED BY A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AT THE TIME.

## 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 FTW02LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA147), Apr 8, 2002: Cessna 172P (N99341), McKinney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to properly recover from a bounced landing which resulted in the airplane porpoising. A contributing factor was the student pilot's improper landing flare which resulted…

## Other reports on N99341 (1)

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

- [Accident 19960224003579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960224003579A), Feb 24, 1996: Cessna 172P (N99341), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Substantial damage. Failed to flare on landing. Hit nose first. Collapsed nose gear. Went up on nose then fell back upright. (-23) student pilot was signed-off for solo. Just…

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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