# Incident 20040116000509I: Cessna 172RG, Palo Alto, CA, January 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6190R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6190R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,822 total, 696 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040116000509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/16/04 AT APPROXIMATELY 1357 PST AIRCRAFT N6190R DEPARTED RWY 31 FROM PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PAO). AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN R/H TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR TOUCH AND GO'S. PILOT STATES APPROACH WAS NORMAL BUT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. HE ALSO STATES AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD ABOUT 4 TIMES MOSTLY ON THE NOSE GEAR BUT STAYED ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO TAXI CLEAR OF RUNWAY AND PARK. INSPECTION REVEALED A BLOWN NOSE GEAR TIRE, NOSE GEAR FORK DAMAGE AND BOTH PROPELLER TIPS SHOW PROP STRIKE DAMAGE. OPERATIONS INSPECTOR MAY REEVALUATE PILOT.

## Other reports on N6190R (1)

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

- [Incident 20060518007379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060518007379I), May 18, 2006: Cessna 172RG (N6190R), Mountain View, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On may 18, 2006, about 1433 pacific standard time, a Cessna 172RG made an intentional gear up landing at Moffett air field (nug). The aircraft has minor…

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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