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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Kent, OH · April 22, 2007

Date
April 22, 2007 · 16:50 local
Place
Kent, OH
Airport
Kent State Univ
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N97945
Reported as
Cessna 172P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total15 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) When landing, aircraft struck runway, nose wheel first. Aircraft porpoised down runway three times. On the third try pilot got aircraft under control. (Pilot had no previous training on bad landing recovery).

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHEN LANDING, AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY, NOSE WHEEL FIRST. AIRCRAFT PORPOISED DOWN RUNWAY THREE TIMES. ON THE THIRD TRY PILOT GOT AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL. (PILOT HAD NO PREVIOUS TRAINING ON BAD LANDING RECOVERY).