# Accident 20050802019049A: Cessna 172M, El Dorado, AR, August 2, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2005, 10:36 local time
- Place: El Dorado, AR
- Airport: Goodwin Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2208° N, 92.8131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2208&lon=-92.8131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80735, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80735) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050802019049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 2, 2005, APPROXIMATELY 1036 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 170M, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N80735, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT EL DORADO, ARKANSAS. THE STUDENT PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DEPARTED DOWNTOWN AIRPARK (F43) DESTINED FOR GOODWIN FIELD (ELD), EL DORADO, AR. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE BETWEEN 4 AND 5 TIMES, EACH SUBSEQUENT TIME STRIKING THE RUNWAY. ON THE FIFTH TIME THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE, COLLAPSING THE GEAR, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE PAVEMENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO STEER THE AIRPLANE OFF THE RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY C, BY USING THE RUDDER PEDALS. ON AUGUST 4, 2005, A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT, REPORTED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS SEPARATED AND THE FIREWALL WAS BUCKLED.

## 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 DFW05CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA203), Aug 2, 2005: Cessna 172M (N80735), El Dorado, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare resulting in a hard landing and his improper recovery procedures for a bounced landing.

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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