# Incident 20040216002799I: Cessna 172RG, Carbondale-Murp, IL, February 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2004, 11:14 local time
- Place: Carbondale-Murp, IL
- Airport: Southern Illinois
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BNZS
- Location: 37.7781° N, 89.2520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (MDH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7781&lon=-89.2520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9988B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9988B-2019-01-28) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040216002799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ - ON FEBRUARY 16, 2004, N9988B, A CE-172-RG, OPERATED BY A FAR PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL, WAS BEING UTILIZED TO ADMINISTER A FINAL STAGE CHECK FOR COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATION. ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE COMMERCIAL PILOT APPLICANT AND AN ASSISTANT CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS CONDUCTING THE TEST. THE FINAL FLIGHT MANEUVER ASSIGNED TO THE APPLICANT, BY THE ASSISTANT CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WAS TO DEMONSTRATE A SHORT FIELD LANDING TO A FULL STOP. THE ASSISTANT CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTS THAT THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN NORMAL, AND ONCE THE AIRCRAFT HAD TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 36R AT CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS, THE APPLICANT WAS AGGRESSIVE IN THE APPLICATION OF BRAKES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE APPLICATION OF EXCESSIVE BRAKING AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE PARKING RAMP. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WERE SUSTAINED DURING THIS EVENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N9988B (1)

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

- [Incident 20090113001109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090113001109I), Jan 13, 2009: Cessna 172RG (N9988B), Carbondale/Mur, IL, Minor damage. (-23) When the main landing gear was selected down for landing, a gear unsafe light illuminated. The pilot followed the emergency procedures and a fly by of…

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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