# Incident 20050327004399I: Cessna 172S, Valparaiso, IN, March 27, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2005, 16:20 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5204N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5204N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050327004399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT MADE HARD CONTACT WITH THE PAVED RUNWAY, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT TO THE POINT THAT THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE SURFACE. BOTH BLADES OF THE PROP WERE CURLED BACKWARDS, ONE TO A MUCH GREATER EXTENT THAN THE OTHER. WIND WAS LIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE CONCENTRATED TOO MUCH ON THE POINT OF TOUCHDOWN TO THE DETRIMENT OF ADEQUATE AIRSPEED.

## Other reports on N5204N (1)

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

- [Incident 20140920021529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140920021529I), Sep 20, 2014: Cessna 172S (N5204N), Valparaiso, IN, Minor damage. It was reported to this office that the pilot parked on taxiway after landing when gusty winds started. Pilot elected to remain parked on taxiway until wind…

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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