# Incident 20100423032269I: Cessna 172M, Ronkonkoma, NY, April 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2010, 11:30 local time
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport: Islip Macarthur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8035° N, 73.1245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ronkonkoma, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8035&lon=-73.1245&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29047, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29047) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100423032269I

## Narrative

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

04/23/10 RECEIVED CALL AT 1215PM FROM FAA COMMUNICATIONS CENTER ABOUT A C172 N29047 THAT SUSTAINED NOSEGEAR AND PROP DAMAGE WHILE LANDING ON 33L AT ISLIP AIRPORT.  ARRIVED ON SITE AND INTERVIEWED THE PILOT IN COMMAND VLADIMIR ABOUT THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND HAD ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND HAD RECENTLY TAKEN A BFR ON MARCH 2010. THE PILOT SAID THAT DURING THE LANDING HIS AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED BY POSSIBLY WAKE TURBELENCE OR A GUST OF WIND AND THEN FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ONTO THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED UNTO THE RUNWAY, IT BEGAN TO BOUNCE, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON ITS NOSE GEAR. AFTER TWO BOUNCES, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.  THE PILOT THEN TAXIED UNASSISTED OFF OF TAXIWAY BRAVO THREE. ONCE AT BRAVO THREE THE ISP FIRE AND RESCUE CAME TO ASSIST. A & P MAINTENANCE TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THEIR HANGAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY TWO FARMINGDALE FSDO INSPECTORS. THE NOTED DAMAGE WAS TO THE NOSEGEAR , TIRE AND RIM.

## Other reports on N29047 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790421024759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790421024759I), Apr 21, 1979: Cessna 172 (N29047), Waukesha, WI, Minor damage. Engine quit after landing. Pilot over primed by pumping the throttle during restart, engine caught on fire.

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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