# Accident 20091003019539A: Cessna 172A, Payson, AZ, October 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2009, 09:00 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2567° N, 111.3392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2567&lon=-111.3392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7810T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7810T-2011-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 75 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091003019539A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 3, 2009 STUDENT PILOT TERRY REYNOLDS WAS SOLOING HIS AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 172, REGISTERED N7810T.  HE WENT ON A LOCAL FLIGHT TO THE PRACTICE AREA, FOLLOWED BY TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE.  MR. REYNOLDS STATED THAT ON HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO, THE NOSEWHEEL "BROKE OFF" UPON A NORMAL LANDING.  HE STATED THAT A MECHANIC ON THE FIELD HAD ADVISED HIM THAT THE STRUT PROBABLY HAD A SMALL CRACK THAT WENT UNDETECTED.  THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT SUFFERED AN EXTREMELY HARD LANDING, MOST LIKELY ON THE NOSEWHEEL FIRST.  MR. REYNOLDS INTITIALLY SOLOED ON AUGUST 11, 2009, AND HIS RECOMMENDING INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE HAD NOV PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE "FLARE" PORTION OF LANDINGS.  MR. REYNOLDS ONLY HOLDS A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE, AND IS NOT CURRENTLY FLYING.  HE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION FROM HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

## 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 WPR10LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA004), Oct 3, 2009: Cessna 172A (N7810T), Payson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The stress corrosion cracking of the nose gear landing fork, which resulted in the fork's failure during landing.

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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