# Accident 20070905022749A: Cessna 172M, Pontiac, MI, September 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2007, 11:31 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6653° N, 83.4200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6653&lon=-83.4200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73455, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73455) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 46 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070905022749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT BOUNCED LANDING AND DID NOT USE PROPER RECOVERY TECHNIQUES RESULTING IN HARD LANDING.

## 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 CHI07CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA294), Sep 5, 2007: Cessna 172M (N73455), Pontiac, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare and her improper recovery from the bounced landing.

## Other reports on N73455 (1)

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

- [Accident 19970331010009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970331010009A), Mar 31, 1997: Cessna 172M (N73455), Cincinnati, OH, Substantial damage. Lifted premature in crosswind gust on takeoff. Settle. Lifted hit a tree ditch. Nosed over. Had quarter tailwind. (-23) with a direct crosswind from the left,…

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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