# Incident 20060131001519I: Cessna 172M, Des Moines, IA, January 31, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2006, 10:06 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80800, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80800) (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 flight hours: 2,100 total, 800 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/20060131001519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE DES MOINES, IA (DSM) AIRPORT. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH ATC REQUESTED THE AIRCRAFT KEEP UP THE SPEED AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUEST THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP OVER THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD WITH TOO MUCH AIRSPEED. THE PILOT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE FLAP OPERATING SPEED AND EXTENDED THE FLAPS WHICH WERE JUST REACHING MAXIMUM EXTENSION AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN THE LANDING FLARE. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR A GUST OF WIND HIT THE PLANE AND CAUSED IT TO BECOME AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW POSITION AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER, THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND TAXIED TO THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR. THE PILOT WAS THE LONE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N80800 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780609045189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780609045189I), Jun 9, 1978: Cessna 172 (N80800), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Pilot struck a fence during taxi to the parking area

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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