# Incident 20091122025799I: Cessna 172P, Colorado Spring, CO, November 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2009, 14:40 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99243, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99243) (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: 102 total, 102 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091122025799I

## Narrative

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

THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT (KCOS) ON RUNWAY 17L AND 12.  WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 140 V 170 14G20.  AFTER EIGHT SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO'S HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ON THE 9TH LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY, AND SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPT TO RECOVER RESULTED IN A HARD NOSEWHEEL-FIRST LANDING, WHICH DAMAGED THE NOSEWHEEL.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE ON THE PAVEMENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N99243 (3)

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

- [Accident 20180722017579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180722017579A), Jul 22, 2018: Cessna 172P (N99243), Peyton, CO, Substantial damage. While practicing a short field landing, on runway 33, the aircraft veered to the right after touchdown. Both the student pilot and DPE applied left rudder in…
- [Incident 19990411018599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411018599I), Apr 11, 1999: Cessna 172P (N99243), Divide, CO. (-5) On Sunday, April 11, 1999, at approximately 1145 MDT, the pilot of N99243 (a Cessna model CE-172-P) contacted cos tower and reported that the aircraft's…
- [Incident 19920322014699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920322014699I), Mar 22, 1992: Cessna 172P (N99243), Syracuse, KS, Minor damage. Pilot mistook access road for airport. Rolled onto a highway before stopping. Aircraft suffered minor damage.

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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