# Incident 20041026030989I: Cessna 172M, Pottstown, PA, October 26, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2004, 14:20 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown Limerick Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2509° N, 75.6448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2509&lon=-75.6448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6871H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6871H-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041026030989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A SOLO FLIGHT FOR LANDING AT POTTSTOWN LIMERICK AIRPORT. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, A WIND GUST PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE CENTERLINE AND THE PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT. AN OSCILLATION DEVELOPED AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES. THE FIREWALL HAD SOME MINOR DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER DID NOT STRIKE THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6871H (3)

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

- [Accident 20120405005429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120405005429A), Apr 5, 2012: Cessna 172M (N6871H), Pottstown, PA, Substantial damage. On 4/5/2012 at approximately 1330 local time, [privacy data omitted] (pilot in command of N6871H) was performing a landing on runway 28 at Pottstown heritage…
- [Incident 19991023029859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991023029859I), Oct 23, 1999: Cessna 172M (N6871H), Reading, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot on landing at the Reading airport (rdg), runway 31, made a hard landing, knocking the front nose wheel off and damaging the propeller,…
- [Incident 19930720031889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930720031889I), Jul 20, 1993: Cessna 172M (N6871H), Rochester, NH. Engine quit in flight. Forced landing at Skyhaven Airport. No fuel in tanks.

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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