# Accident 20060324004939A: Cessna 172S, Prescott, AZ, March 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2006, 16:18 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6544° N, 112.4194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6544&lon=-112.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N514ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N514ER-2007-09-19) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total, 130 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060324004939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PRIVATE PILOT ENROLLED AT EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE DURING LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT FIREWALL, NOSEWHEEL AND NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT WERE DAMAGED.

## 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 ANC06CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA036), Mar 24, 2006: Cessna 172S (N514ER), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in structural damage to the firewall and fuselage.

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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