# Accident 20080809855309A: Cessna 172S, Monroeville, AL, August 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2008, 19:00 local time
- Place: Monroeville, AL
- Airport: Monroe County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Q0XE
- Location: 31.4547° N, 87.3506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4547&lon=-87.3506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1600U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1600U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 143 total, 143 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080809855309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FROM KBFM TO KMVC.  STUDENT PILOT ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST IMMEDIATELY AFTER CROSSING RUNWAY 3 THRESHOLD.  LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE HAS EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE CAMBER.  LEFT DOOR LOWER HINGE IS BROKEN, WITH HINGE PIN ON THE GROUND UNDER THE AIRCRAFT WHERE IT WAS PARKED BY STUDENT PILOT.  NOSE GEAR MOUNTING DOUBLER TRAILING EDGE RIVETS HAVE SEPARATED FROM FUSELAGE SKIN.  NOSE GEAR TIRE IS FORWARD OF NORMAL POSITION.  FIREWALL HAS BUCKLED IN SEVERAL PLACES AROUND NOSE GEAR ATTACHMENT POINTS.

## 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 MIA08CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA165), Aug 9, 2008: Cessna 172S (N1600U), Monroeville, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for winds during landing. Contributing to the accident was a wind gust.

## Other reports on N1600U (1)

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

- [Incident 20070220004369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070220004369I), Feb 20, 2007: Cessna 172S (N1600U), Mobile, AL, Minor damage. (-23) While landing runway 14 at Mobile downtown airport (brm), student pilot lost control of the aircraft while trying to compensate for wind gust, 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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