# Accident 20070825829909A: Cessna 172N, Manassas, VA, August 25, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2007, 11:00 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Regional/Harry P. Davis F
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7194° N, 77.5092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7194&lon=-77.5092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733BS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825829909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT AND ON LANDING PORPOISED THE AIRCRAFT SEVERAL TIMES DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAJOR. THE PROP WAS BENT AND THE FIREWALL WAS BENT IN SEVERAL AREAS. THE NOSE TIRE WAS BLOWN, AND THE WHEEL HOUSING WAS ALSO DAMAGED. FIREWALL WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AND SOME OF THE RIBS COULD BE BENT. THE STUDENT QUIT THE FLIGHT PROGRAM. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REQUESTED THE MILITARY TO DROP HIM FROM THE FLIGHT PROGRAM.

## 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 ATL07CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA132), Aug 25, 2007: Cessna C172N (N733BS), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to correct for a pilot-induced oscillation/porpoise, during flare/touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N733BS (2)

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

- [Accident 20090730048459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730048459A), Jul 30, 2009: Cessna 172N (N733BS), Manassas, VA, Substantial damage. On July 30, 2009 a student pilot operating a Cessna 172N, r/n: N733BS made a normal departure from Manassas regional airport (khef). Upon returning to (khef)…
- [Accident 19790606013529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790606013529A), Jun 6, 1979: Cessna 172N (N733BS), Willard, OH, Substantial damage. Commercial pilot was checking new private pilot out in type acft. Gave simulated engine out. Ran off end rwy.

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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