# Accident 20090819051569A: Cessna 172P, Pensacola, FL, August 19, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2009, 09:00 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Pensacola
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4734° N, 87.1866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENSACOLA INTL (PNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4734&lon=-87.1866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64344, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64344) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090819051569A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON LANDING AT PENSACOLA, FL AIRPORT (PNS) MADE A HARD LANDING, NOSE LOW POSITION.  PILOT DID NOT NOTIFY ANYONE OF ACCIDENT AND DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND THE NEXT DAY, 20 AUGUST 2009, BUT NOT REPORTED TO THE NTSB OR FAA.

## 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

## Other reports on N64344 (2)

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

- [Incident 20220904017009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220904017009I), Sep 4, 2022: Cessna 172P (N64344), Dauphin Island, AL, Minor damage. The pilot landed on the dry 3000 x 80 foot asphalt runway 12 and passed both the A2 and A1 taxiway turnoffs to parking. The aircraft continued 70 feet beyond…
- [Accident 19910704025929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910704025929A), Jul 4, 1991: Cessna 172P (N64344), Lakeview, AR, Substantial damage. Failed to flare for landing. Bounced,porpoised,collapsed nose gear. Airplane nosed over and slid to a stop.

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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