# Accident 20090408003719A: Cessna 172, Richland, WA, April 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Richland, WA
- Airport: Richland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3056° N, 119.3042° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHLAND (RLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3056&lon=-119.3042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7582G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7582G) (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 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090408003719A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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