# Incident 20100616052339I: Cessna 172P, Norman, OK, June 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2010, 19:05 local time
- Place: Norman, OK
- Airport: Max Westheimer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2226° N, 97.4395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norman, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2226&lon=-97.4395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53077, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53077) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 35 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100616052339I

## Narrative

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

A RENTED AIRPLANE WITH ONLY THE PILOT ABOARD DEPARTED NORMAN, OK (KOUN) AT APPROX 08:15 AND ARRIVED AT CORDEL, OK (F36) ABOUT 09:30.  ABOUT 11:15 THE AIRPLANE WITH THE PILOT ABOARD DEPARTED CORDELL, OK AND RETURNED TO NORMAN, OK (KOUN) ABOUT 12:30 TO 13:00.  UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT TOP SEAL WAS BLOWN OUT BY THE FORCE AND THE STRUT DEFLATED.  THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.

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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