# Accident 20070430005929A: Cessna 172R, Livermore, CA, April 30, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2007, 17:30 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SRJS
- Location: 37.6850° N, 121.8228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6850&lon=-121.8228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28BC-2012-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070430005929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN THE LEFT PATTERN OF RUNWAY 25L. ON LANDING NUMBER SIX, THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL. PILOT, THINKING IT WAS JUST A HARD LANDING, CONTINUED FOR TWO MORE PRACTICE LANDINGS. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE ENGINE FIREWALL SUSTAINED DAMAGE, ELEVATING THIS INCIDENT TO AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 SEA07CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA120), May 1, 2007: Cessna 172R (N28BC), Livermore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare during landing.

## Other reports on N28BC (1)

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

- [Accident 20120419007549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120419007549A), Apr 19, 2012: Cessna 172R (N28BC), Richmond, KY, Substantial damage. N28BC performed an emergency landing due to fuel starvation .46 miles west of runway 18 at Richmond madison airport(I39). Aircraft impacted trees on rollout.…

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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