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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Carbondale/Mur, IL · April 4, 2009

Date
April 4, 2009 · 17:22 local
Place
Carbondale/Mur, IL
Airport
Southern Illinois
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
BNZS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5167E
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
37 total37 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Student pilot, on return from a solo cross country flight, landed his aircraft in a flat or level attitude which allowed all three wheels to strike the runway at the same time. The aircraft was allowed to become airbourne once more and the resulting action by the airman allowed the aircraft to strike the runway in a nose down, right wing low attitude, resulting in the propeller striking the runway surface and the right wing tip loosing some paint. The student eported the incident to ATC, taxiied clear of the runwy and shut down the aircraft. The aircraft was then towed to the ramp for inspection and repair.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT, ON RETURN FROM A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT IN A FLAT OR LEVEL ATTITUDE WHICH ALLOWED ALL THREE WHEELS TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AT THE SAME TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALLOWED TO BECOME AIRBOURNE ONCE MORE AND THE RESULTING ACTION BY THE AIRMAN ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE DOWN, RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE, RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE RIGHT WING TIP LOOSING SOME PAINT. THE STUDENT EPORTED THE INCIDENT TO ATC, TAXIIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWY AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE RAMP FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR.