# Incident 20060909020709I: Cessna 172S, Smyrna, TN, September 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2006, 12:30 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5197T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5197T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 206 total, 37 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060909020709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THE END OF A PLEASURE FLIGHT, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AND APPARENTLY INITIATED THE FLARE PORTION OF THE LANDING MANEUVER AT AN EXCESSIVELY HIGH ALTITUDE. THIS RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING DAMAGING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N5197T (1)

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

- [Incident 20071220832309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071220832309I), Dec 20, 2007: Cessna 172S (N5197T), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft was taxiing and turned it's tail into engine blast of turbine engine on ramp performing run-up. Force of the jet blast lifted the tail up and…

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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