# Incident 20090529047269I: Cessna 172M, Bethel, AK, May 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2009, 17:00 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73605, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090529047269I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN INDICATED THAT HE LANDED AND APPLIED THE BRAKES OVERLY HARD AND THAT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT TIRES AND NOSE STRUT WERE INSPECTED FOR PROPER INFLATION AND FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS.

## Other reports on N73605 (1)

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

- [Accident 20240415003649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240415003649A), Apr 15, 2024: Cessna 172M (N73605), Shelbyville, TN, Substantial damage. On 4/15/2024, the pilot-in-command of a Cessna 172 was landing at ksyi. The aircraft began to bounce upon landing and damaged the front nose gear sliding to…

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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