# Incident 20071227831849I: Cessna 172R, Deland, FL, December 27, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2007, 14:20 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Fi
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: R2LS
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800JP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 114 total, 53 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071227831849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING VFR CONDITIONS WITH CALM WINDS N800JP EXPERIENCED A LANDING INCIDENT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM FPR TO DED. HE REPORTED THAT ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WAS FEELING ILL. HE RUSHED THE APPROACH TO LANDING IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET ON THE GROUND SOONER. THE PIC REPORTED FLYING HIS FINAL APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 15 KNOTS FASTER THEN NORMAL, AND MISJUDGING THE FLARE. HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND RESULTED IN ONE BOUNCE AND A SUBSEQUENT GO-AROUND. HIS SECOND ATTEMPT ENDED IN 3 BOUNCES PRIOR TO COMING TO A STOP. THE PIC REPORTED THE HARD LANDING TO THE FLIGHT SCHOOL WHICH OWNED THE AIRCRAFT. POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION BY AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR NOTED NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMAGE AND MINOR CRACKING TO THE FIREWALL IN THE VICINITY OF NOSE GEAR ATTACH POINTS.

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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