# Accident 20070507007549A: Cessna 172S, Payson, AZ, May 7, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2007, 09:15 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2569° N, 111.3394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2569&lon=-111.3394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N533ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N533ER-2008-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 131 total, 130 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070507007549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 7, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 MST, N533ER, A CESSNA 172-S, WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A STUDENT PILOT, PERFORMING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE PAYSON AIRPORT (PAN). THE STUDENT STATES THAT HE WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. THE STUDENT STATES THAT AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 24, HE DID NOT HAVE A STABILIZED APPROACH AND WAS TOO FAST ON FINAL. THE STUDENT STATES THAT HE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL DISPLACED FORWARD AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BOUNCE DOWN THE RUNWAY HAVING MULTIPLE PROP STRIKES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON AN ADJACENT TAXIWAY IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, PROPELLER, AND ENGINE FIREWALL. THE LONE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX07CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA171), May 7, 2007: Cessna 172S (N533ER), Payson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision, excessive airspeed on final approach, and failure to execute a go-around resulting in a misjudged flare and hard landing.

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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