# Accident 20040321004759A: Cessna 172A, Springfield, MO, March 21, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Flying Bar H Ranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1833° N, 93.1336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1833&lon=-93.1336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7265T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7265T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 372 total, 211 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321004759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 24 AT FLYING BAR H (MO2), AIRPORT NEAR SPRINGFIELD, MO. THE NEAREST WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY AT SPRINGFIELD, MO (SGF), REPORTED WINDS TO BE FROM 310 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AT 60 MPH AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE MAIN WHEELS, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO BOUNCE. THE PILOT THEN LOST CONTROL AND THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE RUNWAY NOSE GEAR FIRST. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, AND FIREWALL. PILOT INDUCED.

## 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 CHI04CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA088), Mar 21, 2004: Cessna 172A (N7265T), Springfield, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to initiate a go-around and the airplane porpoised during the hard landing. Factors associated with the accident were the excessive groundspeed and the overload failure of the nose…

## Other reports on N7265T (1)

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

- [Incident 19870618042259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870618042259I), Jun 18, 1987: Cessna 172A (N7265T), Olathe, KS. Engine sputtered and ran intermittently, landed in a field. Carburetor disassembled, fuel quantity calibrated.

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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