# Accident 20090420006849A: Cessna 172P, Livermore, CA, April 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2009, 08:30 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6894° N, 121.8189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6894&lon=-121.8189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64204, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64204-2019-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090420006849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/20/2009, AT 08:30 PDT AT THE LIVERMORE (LVK) AIRPORT, DURING APPROACH TO THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 25R, THE PILOT WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70 TO 75 KNOTS ON FINAL.  UPON FLARING THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BOUNCE FROM MAIN GEAR TO NOSE GEAR.  THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE LOWER FIRE WALL CRIMPED AROUND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA.  THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FLOORBOARDS IN THE COCKPIT CRIMPED AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BECAME LOOSE AT THE ATTACHMENT POINTS.  NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT.

## 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 WPR09CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA209), Apr 20, 2009: Cessna 172P (N64204), Livermore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N64204 (3)

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

- [Accident 20180120001019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180120001019A), Jan 20, 2018: Cessna 172P (N64204), Cloverdale, CA, Substantial damage. A Cessna 172P N64204 took off from santa rosa, CA. Airport and pilot was flying to Cloverdale airport for a solo training mission/full stop landings. With…
- [Incident 20130218002449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130218002449I), Feb 18, 2013: Cessna 172P (N64204), Hayward, CA, Minor damage. PIC stated he was practicing some pattern work. Upon landing hard his aircraft flared and a strong head wind shifted the aircraft to the side of the runway.…
- [Accident 20100808042159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100808042159A), Aug 8, 2010: Cessna 172P (N64204), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. While landing at reid hillview airport runway 13L the pilot experienced a hard landing resulting in three to four bounces. Due to the hard landing the aircraft…

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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