# Accident 20071026023029A: Cessna 172R, Stillwater, OK, October 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2007, 16:45 local time
- Place: Stillwater, OK
- Airport: Stillwater Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1611° N, 97.0856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1611&lon=-97.0856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5181A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5181A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 25 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071026023029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE STILLWATER REGIONAL AIRPORT, BUT HE WAS TOO FAST, AND AFTER BOUNCING SEVERAL TIMES HE PUSHED FORWARD ON THE CONTROLS AND SUFFERED A PROP STRIKE, BOUNCED THREE OR FOUR MORE TIMES THEN CAME TO A STOP. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT SCHOOL, SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE FRIDAY, 10-26-2007 AT 1645 HRS. INITIALLY THE UNIVERSITY STAFF TREATED THIS AS AN INCIDENT DUE TO THE PROP STRIKE, HOWEVER AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION, DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL WAS NOTED, REQUIRING AN ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 DFW08CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA021), Oct 26, 2007: Cessna 172 (N5181A), Stillwater, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N5181A (2)

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

- [Accident 20250827011429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250827011429A), Aug 27, 2025: Cessna 172R (N5181A), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. On August 27, 2025 at 21:26 CDT, a Cessna 172 was involved in an accident during landing at Ardmore airport (kadm). The private pilot was conducting solo night…
- [Incident 20210418002989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210418002989I), Apr 18, 2021: Cessna 172R (N5181A), Durant, OK, Minor damage. The student was on a solo flight. He was high and fast on final. When he landed the aircraft he lost control going off of the runway and hitting an airport…

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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