# Accident 20090803016149A: Cessna 172S, New Braunfels, TX, August 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2009, 11:50 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: W78S
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N401LP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090803016149A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  STUDENT PILOT ON SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT DURING THE THIRD LANDING FAILED TO CONTROL RATE OF DESCENT ON SHORT FINAL ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE BACK AIRBORNE, THEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR AND BOUNCED A SECOND TIME.  THE STUDENT INITIATED A BALKED LANDING AND WENT AROUND FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE A NORMAL LANDING WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT.

## 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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