# Incident 20060312006569I: Cessna 172N, La Verne, CA, March 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2006, 13:05 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172ST-2009-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 238 total, 100 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060312006569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A FLIGHT ORIGINATING AT EMT, DESTINATION POC FOR FULL STOP LANDING AND RETURN TO EMT, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT PORPOISED NO LESS THAN 3 TIMES, BEFORE COMING TO REST BESIDE THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNION ASSEMBLY. PILOT STATED THE LANDING WAS A FULL FLAP LANDING AND THE APPROACH SPEED WAS 65 KT. HE SAID HE FLARED TOO LATE AND THE NOSE GEAR HIT HARD AT LEAST TWO TIMES BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY IN USE DISCLOSED THREE SEPARATE TIRE AND PROPELLER STRIKE MARKS IN THE VICINITY OF THE INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT RENTAL AGENCY STATED THAT IT TOOK THREE SEPARATE FLIGHTS AND APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS OF DUAL FLIGHT TIME FOR THE PILOT TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A BFR PRIOR TO THEIR RELEASING HIM TO OPERATE THEIR AIRCRAFT SOLO.

## Other reports on N172ST (2)

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

- [Accident 20080829845779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080829845779A), Aug 29, 2008: Cessna 172N (N172ST), No damage. (-23) On August 29, 2008, at approximately 1856 PDT, N172ST, a Cessna CE-172N crashed on clybourne ave, approximately one half mile west of runway 15…
- [Accident 19940822022599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940822022599A), Aug 22, 1994: Cessna 172N (N172ST), Mesa, AZ, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing. Veered off runway into a ditch.

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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