# Accident 20090424006699A: Cessna 172N, Pinehurst/Sout, NC, April 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2009
- Place: Pinehurst/Sout, NC
- Airport: Moore County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2375° N, 79.3886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2375&lon=-79.3886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500TC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090424006699A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DURING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, LANDED APPROXIMATELY 2300 PAST THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 23 AT KSOP.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DURING THIS LANDING, STRUCK THE TAIL AND PROP, RESULTING IN A BENT TAIL TIE DOWN, BROKEN PROP BLADE AND BENT FIREWALL.  MAINTENANCE LOGS WERE REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE CURRENT AND CORRECT.  FIREWALL BENT ON LEFT SIDE (#1 AND 2) AND DISTORTED AT UPPER LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINTS (#3&4), TAIL TIE DOWN BENT (#5) AND PROP TIP BROKEN OFF (#6&7).  THE INITIAL TIE DOWN TO RUNWAY CONTACT LOCATED (#8) AS WELL AS INITIAL PROP CONTACT, (#9 AND 9A) (SEE ATTACHED PICTURES).  THERE WERE NO SUSPECTED MAINTENANCE ISSUES FOUND ON THIS INITIAL INVESTIGATION.

## 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 ERA09CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA278), Apr 24, 2009: Cessna 172N (N500TC), Pinehurst, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare.

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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