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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Richland, WA · April 8, 2009

Date
April 8, 2009 · 12:30 local
Place
Richland, WA
Airport
Richland
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7582G
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
260 total200 in this make and model0 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) privacy data omitted holder of FAA private pilot certificate privacy data omitted was acting as pilot in command of his 1970 Cessna 172, N7582G on April 8, 2009. At approximately 12:30 PDT privacy data omitted flared to high while landing at the Richland, Washington airport and landed on the nose gear. This resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft. The damage was limited to the nose gear assembly, attachments, prop, and internal tunnel section components. A post accident investigation revealed that the aircraft was operated without a current annual inspection, and the pilot privacy data omitted did not have a valid FAA medical.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDER OF FAA PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF HIS 1970 CESSNA 172, N7582G ON APRIL 8, 2009. AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PDT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLARED TO HIGH WHILE LANDING AT THE RICHLAND, WASHINGTON AIRPORT AND LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR. THIS RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, ATTACHMENTS, PROP, AND INTERNAL TUNNEL SECTION COMPONENTS. A POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED WITHOUT A CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION, AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT HAVE A VALID FAA MEDICAL.