# Accident 20040808022909A: Cessna 172N, Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, August 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Wilkes Barre Sc, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre Scranton International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3383° N, 75.7233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3383&lon=-75.7233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4599D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4599D-2005-11-21) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040808022909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS MAKING A LANDING AT THE WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AVP) RUNWAY 4. STUDENT PILOT LANDED ON THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL, BREAKING IT OFF. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 NYC04CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA189), Aug 8, 2004: Cessna 172P (N4599D), Wilkes-Barre, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare and improper recover from a bounced landing. Factors in this accident were the crosswind condition and the partial failure of the airplane's transceiver, as…

## Other reports on N4599D (2)

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

- [Accident 20021024032709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021024032709A), Oct 24, 2002: Cessna 172N (N4599D), Morristown, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) At 1709 LCL, N4599D, a CE-172 landed on runway 05 at Morristown airport and went off the right side of the runway and into a tree line. This was the…
- [Incident 19990502020249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502020249I), May 2, 1999: Cessna 172N (N4599D), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on runway 1 at Republic Airport (frg). At touchdown, aircraft bounced two or three times and came to rest on grass, left of runway. Aircraft…

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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