# Accident 20081110856609A: Cessna 172N, Gulf Shores, AL, November 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: Gulf Shores, AL
- Airport: Jack Edwards
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2894° N, 87.5067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2894&lon=-87.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Porsche PFM3200N03 (registry code 51002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/porsche-pfm3200n03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 18 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081110856609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 10, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 CST, WHILE FLYING AS PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED N172PA, A CESSNA 172, SERIAL NUMBER 1726946, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AT JACK EDWARDS AIRPORT (JKA), GULF SHORES, ALABAMA.  DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY THE AIRCRAFT IS INDICATIVE OF A NOSE LOW, HARD IMPACT, WITH THE RUNWAY, RESULTING FROM AN IMPROPER LANDING PROCEDURE.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED WRINKLES IN THE FIREWALL AND FUSELAGE RESULTING FROM THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT.  ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY, SHE INITIATED A GO-AROUND,REMAINED IN THE PATTERN, AND THEN EXECUTED A FULL STOP LANDING.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGAR AND ADVISED THE SECRETARY THAT THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE BENT.  INITIALLY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT REPORT THE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OR THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT.  THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT CALLED THE ALABAMA/NORTHWEST FLORIDA FSDO ON NOVEMBER 17, 2008, TO REPORT THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AFTER A MECHANIC ADVISED HIM THAT DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INTERVIEWED SUBSEQUENT TO THE OWNERS CALL.

## 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 ERA09CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA058), Nov 10, 2008: Cessna 172 (N172PA), Gulf Shores, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare during 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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