# Incident 20101028054999I: Cessna 172P, Whitehouse Stat, NJ, October 28, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2010, 16:00 local time
- Place: Whitehouse Stat, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6228° N, 74.7740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White House Station, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6228&lon=-74.7740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54371, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54371) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 647 total, 450 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101028054999I

## Narrative

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

LANDING PRACTICE USING PAVED RUNWAY22 AT SOLBERG. WINDS CHANGED; EXCESSIVE CROSS WIND ON RNWY 22. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT CHOOSE TO SWITCH TO GRASS RUNWAY 31 FOR MORE FAVORABLE WINDS. ON THE SECOND PATTERN BOUNCED FIRMLY WITH THE AIRCRAFT BECOMING AIRBOURN AGIAN, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT BLEED OFF AIRSPEED FURTHER. INSTRUCTOR CALLED FOR POWER ONCE, STUDENT ADDED ONLY A LITTLE, INSTRUCTOR CALLED FOR POWER A SECOND TIME. THEN INSTRUCTOR REACHED FOR POWER AS AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. INSTRUCTOR PULLED MIXTURE AND TURNED OFF MASTER. EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE TO EVALUATE THE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N54371 (1)

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

- [Incident 19931019050109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931019050109I), Oct 19, 1993: Cessna 172P (N54371), Simsbury, CT, Minor damage. Aircraft bounced on landing. Porpoised several times. Nose wheel damaged.

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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