# Accident 20080606834489A: Cessna 172M, Byron, CA, June 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2008, 11:35 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Airport: Byron
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8233° N, 121.6222° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8233&lon=-121.6222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73403, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73403-2014-12-03) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,114 total, 685 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080606834489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DOING PATTERN WORK AT THE BYRON AIRPORT (C83).  THE STUDENT WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH.  THE STUDENT PULLED THE POWER TO IDLE AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 23 FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TO COMPLETE THE LANDING.  THE INSTRUCTOR ESTIMATED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE AT 50 FEET AGL AT AROUND 60 TO 65 KNOTS.  AT THIS MOMENT THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PITCHED DOWN AND BANKED TO THE RIGHT.  UNABLE TO RECOVER, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND LEFT MAIN.

## 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 LAX08CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA165), Jun 6, 2008: Cessna 172M (N73403), Byron, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions, and his inadequate supervision of the student pilot. Factors contributing to the accident were a sudden wind shift and wind…

## Other reports on N73403 (1)

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

- [Accident 19901013046299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901013046299A), Oct 13, 1990: Cessna 172M (N73403), San Carlos, CA, Substantial damage. Strayed off taxiway while taxiing for takeoff and struck wind sock pole.

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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