# Incident 20040717021739I: Cessna 152, Eugene, OR, July 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2004, 17:00 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EM8S
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94299, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94299-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040717021739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT APPROACHED TO LAND AT EUG ON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR, POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE SECOND BOUNCE ENSUED, AGAIN POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE THIRD BOUNCE WAS MUCH HARDER AND NOSE DOWN. THIS IMPACT DAMAGED THE NOSE STRUT BENT THE ENGINE MOUNT ASSY AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP TIP. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED DOWN AFTER THE THIRD BOUNCE AND WAS LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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