# Incident 20071113831229I: Cessna 172M, Sparta, MI, November 13, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2007, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sparta, MI
- Airport: Paul C. Miller-Sparta
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1274° N, 85.6791° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAUL C MILLER/SPARTA (8D4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1274&lon=-85.6791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80841, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80841) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071113831229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RWY 25. AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY WITH LITTLE TO NO FLARE AND BOUNCED 10 FT INTO THE AIR. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RECOVER AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER 2 MORE TIMES. AFTER THE 3RD BOUNCE, A RECOVERY WAS INITIATED AND THE PILOT FLEW AROUND THE AIRPORT FOR 20 MIN. SUBSEQUENT LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL ALTHOUGH THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT DUE TO THE PREVIOUS LANDING ATTEMPT. PILOT TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY WITH FULL POWER. PILOT STATED HE WAS BLINDED BY THE SUN ON 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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