# Accident 20080415836289A: Cessna 172P, Panama City, FL, April 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2008, 17:40 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Tyndall Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EB8S
- Location: 30.0700° N, 85.5764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0700&lon=-85.5764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64218, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64218-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080415836289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 15, 2008, A STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED TYNDALL AFB IN A CESSNA 172, N64218, ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING FROM PATTERN WORK AT KTLH AND CLEARED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 31R, WINDS WERE 6KTS AT 040. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS CAUSED DURING LANDING, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING NOSE GEAR DAMAGE AND EVENTUAL SEPARATION. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. PILOT EGRESSED WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC08CA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA054), Apr 15, 2008: Cessna 172 (N64218), Tyndall AFB, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged flare and subsequent hard landing, and her inadequate recovery from a bounced 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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