# Incident 20080621842479I: Cessna 172N, Charleston, WV, June 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2008, 15:35 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6238D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6238D-2016-05-23) (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: 31 total, 27 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080621842479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ONFIRST SOLO FLIGHT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO APPROACHES.  PILOT STATED THAT ON THE LAST APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33 HE WAS HIGH AND HE OVER CORRECTED HITTING HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING THE NOSE TIRE TO FAIL.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES NOTED.  THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL.

## Other reports on N6238D (1)

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

- [Accident 20160326002399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160326002399A), Mar 26, 2016: Cessna 172N (N6238D), Charleston, WV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The CFI performed an expedited takeoff roll on runway 05 manipulating the airplane controls from the right seat. After an approximate 600 foot takeoff roll the…

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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