# Accident 20080203831369A: Cessna 172N, Centre, AL, February 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2008, 11:12 local time
- Place: Centre, AL
- Airport: Centre Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1599° N, 85.6351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Centre Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1599&lon=-85.6351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N203GT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N203GT) (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: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080203831369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 3, 2008, A STUDENT PILOT FROM YELLOW JACKET FLYING CLUB DEPARTED KFTY ON HIS INITIAL CROSS COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, HE HAD A HARD LANDING AT CENTRE, AL (C22) CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE THREE TIMES. HE THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND PARKED. THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT AND HE CALLED HIS CFI TO TELL HIM WHAT HAD OCCURRED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NOSE TIRE AT THE SCENE. THE FIREWALL DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO KENNESAW, GA.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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