# Incident 20080702843189I: Cessna 172L, Morgantown, WV, July 2, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2008, 10:28 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Morgantown Municipal-Walter L. Bill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6436° N, 79.9175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORGANTOWN MUNI/WALTER L BILL HART FLD (MGW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6436&lon=-79.9175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7959G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7959G-2011-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 88 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080702843189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL TOUCHA AND GO APPROACHES.  PILOT STATED THAT ON THE LAST APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY 18 HE HIT HARD ON THE MAINS, BOUNCED, AND THEN RELEASED BACK PRESSURE ON THE CONTROLS HITTING HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING THE NOSE TIRE TO FAIL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES NOTED.  AN INSPECTION LATER REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS AND FIREWALL.

## Other reports on N7959G (1)

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

- [Incident 19890905050059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890905050059I), Sep 5, 1989: Cessna 172L (N7959G), Manville, NJ, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout. Skidded off runway. Broke a runway light. Minor damage to aircraft.

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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