# Accident 20040711030519A: Cessna 172N, Atlanta, GA, July 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8756° N, 84.3019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8756&lon=-84.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6555D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6555D-2012-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040711030519A

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY D^WAS RETURNING TO PDK AIRPORT AFTER COMPLETING HIS REQUIRED SOLO LONG CROSS COUNTRY TRIP. WHILE MAKING HIS APPROACH INTO THE AIRPORT, HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL. AS^PRIVACY D^BEGAN HIS ROUNDOUT, THE PLANE BEGAN TO PORPOISE. AS A RESULT, THE AIRPLANE CAME DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY AND BECAME AIRBORNE. IT THEN BOUNCED ANOTHER TIME AND BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. AS THE AIRPLANE RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK FIRST WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROPELLERS STRIKING THE RUNWAY.^PRIVACY D^WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND EVENTUALLY BROUGHT THE AIRPLANE TO A COMPLETE STOP.

## 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 ATL04CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA162), Jul 11, 2004: Cessna 172 (N6555D), Chamblee, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare that resulted in a hard landing. A factor was a tailwind condition.

## Other reports on N6555D (1)

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

- [Accident 20071128831579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071128831579A), Nov 28, 2007: Cessna 172N (N6555D), Marlow, OK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On November 28, 2008, about 1530 central standard time, a single-engine Cessna 172N airplane, N6555D, was substantially damaged when it collided with the…

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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