# Accident 20061028021499A: Cessna 172, Pickering, MO, October 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2006, 19:30 local time
- Place: Pickering, MO
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3331° N, 94.8336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3331&lon=-94.8336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8196B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8196B-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total, 700 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061028021499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 CDT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AT DUSK. HE TOOK OFF TO THE NORTHWEST FROM HIS GRASS STRIP. AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE HE REALIZED THAT IT WAS DARKER THAN HE THOUGHT, SO HE ELECTED TO RETURN FOR A LANDING. UPON LANDING HE STRUCK NOSE FIRST, BROKE OFF THE NOSE STRUT, AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, AS THE REMAINDER OF THE NOSE STRUT DUG INTO THE GROUND, THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK, DAMAGING THE WINGS, TAIL, AND FUSELAGE. OF THE FOUR OCCUPANTS ON BOARD, A 12 YEAR OLD FEMALE SUFFERED MINOR INJURY, A PROBABLE CONCUSSION. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^

## 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 CHI07CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA012), Oct 29, 2006: Cessna 172 (N8196B), Maryville, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing leading to the nose gear overload.

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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