# Accident 20030824026099A: Cessna 172M, Riverside, CA, August 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2003, 12:53 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64291, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64291) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03CA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03CA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030824026099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT PILOT FLYING N64291 A CESSNA 172M WERE PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD LANDING AT RIVERSIDE AIRPORT. THE INSTRUCTOR DIRECTED THE STUDENT TO AIM FOR MARKINGS ON THE AIRPORT. THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZING THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW TRIED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY BOUNCED AND LANDED AGAIN SUSTAINING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLERS AND BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## 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 LAX03CA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03CA266), Aug 24, 2003: Cessna 172M (N64291), Riverside, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's misjudged distance and altitude, and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. Also causal was the instructor's delayed remedial action.

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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