# Incident 20101224055269I: Cessna 172K, Bay St Louis, MS, December 24, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2010, 20:45 local time
- Place: Bay St Louis, MS
- Airport: Stennis International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3678° N, 89.4546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STENNIS INTL (HSA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3678&lon=-89.4546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79932, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79932) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 32 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101224055269I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 24, 2010 AIRCRAFT N79932 MADE A LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT STENNIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN BAY ST. LOUIS WITHOUT A NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL.  DURING A STUDENT PILOT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM STENNIS INTERNATIONAL (KHAS), HATTIESBURG BOBBY CHAIN (KHBG) AND ON TO MCCOMB (KMCB) AND BACK TO STENNIS INTERNATIONAL THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING AND TAKE OFF WAS NORNAL AT KHBG BUT DURING THE ATTEMPT TO LAND AT MCCOMB THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, WITH THE AIRCRAFT ABOUT TO LEAVE THE RUNWAY THE LANDING WAS ABORTED.  WHEN A SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND AT MCCOMB WAS MADE A UPON LOWERING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT A SCRAPPING SOUND WAS HEARD SO THE SECOND ATTEMPT WAS ABORTED AND RETURNED TO STENNIS INTERNATIONAL.  AFTER A FLYBY INSPECTION BY STENNIS TOWER THAT CONFINED THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL WAS MISSING.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT STENNIS INTERNATIONAL WITHOUT A NOSE GEAR WHEEL.  NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.     AFTER A RUNWAY INSPECTION WAS PREFORMED AT MCCOMB (KMCB) THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL'S NUT, AND ABOUT 75 FEET FROM THE NUT THE BOLT WAS FOUND, AND ABOUT 700 FEET AND 300 FEET OUT THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL OF N79932 WAS DISCOVERED.  THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL NUT AND BOLT'S TREADS APPEAR WORN AND STRIPPED.  THE KEY FOR HOLDING THE NUT ON THE BOLT WAS INSTALLED BUT DAMAGE FROM THE NUT BEING PUSH OFF.

## Other reports on N79932 (1)

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

- [Incident 19930712043139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930712043139I), Jul 12, 1993: Cessna 172K (N79932), Dauphin Island, AL, Minor damage. Speed not normal on night takeoff. Aborted. Swerved to right to avoid going over seawell. Wing tip 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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