# Accident 20060328030479A: Cessna 172M, Aurora, OR, March 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2006, 09:25 local time
- Place: Aurora, OR
- Airport: Aurora State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2472° N, 122.7700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2472&lon=-122.7700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20488, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20488) (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: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060328030479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS OFFICE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS ACCIDENT. WE DID NOT RECEIVE A FAX/OTHER FROM NWMR R.O. THE FIRST WE LEARNED OF THIS ACCIDENT WAS WHEN AAI-200 ADVISED US 10/04/2006 THAT THE -23 REPORT WAS MISSING. PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. STUDENT PILOT. SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. (THIS INFO FROM NTSB FACTUAL REPORT). OWNER AND STUDENT PILOT REPORTED ACCIDENT DIRECTLY TO NTSB ON 04/28/2006 AFTER DISCUSSING FERRY PERMIT WITH AN AIRWORTHINESS ASI. OWNER HAD BEEN OUT OF TOWN WHEN THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AND INSTRUCTED HIS PEOPLE TO JUST PARK THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL HE RETURNED. UPON HIS RETURN AND AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION AND ADVICE FROM THE AIRWORTHINESS ASI, THE NTSB WAS NOTIFIED.

## 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 SEA06CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA082), Mar 28, 2006: Cessna 172 (N20488), Aurora, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare resulting in a hard landing. A related factor was the crosswind.

## Other reports on N20488 (1)

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

- [Accident 20151001016679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151001016679A), Oct 1, 2015: Cessna 172M (N20488), Mcminnville, OR, Substantial damage. CFII was providing night flight instruction at the mmv airport to a student pilot who did not have night flight endorsements or solo endorsement in CE-172 .…

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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