# Accident 20020807017459A: Cessna 172M, Mount Pocono, PA, August 7, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 7, 2002, 10:00 local time - Place: Mount Pocono, PA - Airport: Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.1372° N, 75.3786° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1372&lon=-75.3786&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1727V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1727V-2017-12-15) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA082) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020807017459A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON AUGUST 7, 2002, AT 1000 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N1727V, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A HARD LANDING AT THE POCONO MOUNTAINS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MPO), MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA. THE CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT THE DANBURY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DAN), DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, AT 0900. A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR, THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED DANBURY AND FLEW TO MOUNT POCONO AIRPORT. THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 31 AND PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE HE ABORTED THE LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN FLEW TO SULLIVAN COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LANDED, AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP TO PURCHASE FUEL. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE AIRPLANE, AN AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC INFORMED THE STUDENT PILOT THAT THE NOSE GEAR STRUT HAD COLLAPSED AND WAS COVERED WITH OIL. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN CONTACTED HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED. AN FAA INSPECTOR PERFORMED AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE. ACCORDING TOTHE INSPECTOR, THE NOSE STRUT METERING PISTON WAS DAMAGED AND THE ATTACHMENT BOLT WAS SHEARED. THE FIREWALL WAS BUCKLED FROM THE BOTTOM TO 6 INCHES ABOVE THE TOP OF THE NOSE STRUT, AND THE NOSE TIRE WAS DAMAGED. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED A TOTAL OF 70 FLIGHT HOURS. WEATHER AT THE AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT INCLUDED WIND FROM 320 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, AND FEW CLOUDS 8,500 FEET. (-23) MR. JACK TRAUGOTT, STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SOLO, LONG CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED IN DANBURY, CT. MR. TRAUGOTT WAS FLYING A CESSNA CE-172-M AND HIS PLANNED ROUTE WAS MT. POCONO, PA, (MPO), SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY (MSV) AND BACK TO DANBURY, CT (DXR). DURING A LANDING AT MPO. THE AIRCRAFT "PORPOISED" SEVERAL TIMES AND THE PILOT CONTINUED ON TO MSV. DURING REFUELING AT MSV, AN A&P MECHANIC NOTICED THE NOSE STRUT WAS COLLAPSED AND THERE WAS HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING OUT. ABE FSDO MANAGEMENT REQUESTED AN AIRCRAFT INSPECTION BE CONDUCTED AT MSV BY INSPECTORS OF THE ALBANY, NY FSDO. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT'S FIREWALL AND FLOOR BOARDS WERE ALSO BUCKLED. ## 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 IAD02LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA082), Aug 7, 2002: Cessna 172M (N1727V), Mount Pocono, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing. ## Other reports on N1727V (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20170811015789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170811015789A), Aug 11, 2017: Cessna 172M (N1727V), New Milford, CT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On August 11, 2017, about 0930 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N1727V, collided with terrain at Candlelight Farms Airport (11N), New Milford,… - [Incident 20120830017789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120830017789I), Aug 30, 2012: Cessna 172M (N1727V), Danbury, CT, Minor damage. On August 8, 2012, a Cessna 172, registration N1727V operated by arrow aviation, LLC under FAA part 61, struck a parked Robinson R-44 helicopter during taxi… - [Incident 19840813050109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840813050109I), Aug 13, 1984: Cessna 172M (N1727V), Sebring, OH, Minor damage. Too low, landed short of the runway striking the runway threshold. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.