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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Lewisburg, TN · November 29, 2004

Date: November 29, 2004 · 15:00 local
Place: Lewisburg, TN
Airport: Ellington Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6396D
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 16 total16 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N6396DRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17272782 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The student pilot began receiving flight instruction in August. After his fifth supervised solo flight in the Cessna 172, an FBO employee noted a knot on the side of the nose tire. Further investigation disclosed damage to the nose gear support structure. Even though the student pilot performed the last two flights of the aircraft, it is unknown when the damage to the aircraft actually occurred. According to the owner of the FBO, if his employee had not noticed the knot on the tire, the damage to the nose gear support structure would have been hard to see as it was inside the engine cowling. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT BEGAN RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN AUGUST. AFTER HIS FIFTH SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT IN THE CESSNA 172, AN FBO EMPLOYEE NOTED A KNOT ON THE SIDE OF THE NOSE TIRE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE. EVEN THOUGH THE STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED THE LAST TWO FLIGHTS OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT ACTUALLY OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF THE FBO, IF HIS EMPLOYEE HAD NOT NOTICED THE KNOT ON THE TIRE, THE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO SEE AS IT WAS INSIDE THE ENGINE COWLING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^