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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Bull Head City, NV · March 21, 2011

Date
March 21, 2011 · 17:45 local
Place
Bull Head City, NV
Airport
Sun Valley
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9143H
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
83 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot allowed aircraft to porpoise upon landing . While trying to correct the aircraft propeller struck the runway. The nose gear hit the runway shearing it off at the base of the strut. Aircraft then skidded to a stop on the runway supported by the nose gear strut.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE UPON LANDING . WHILE TRYING TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR HIT THE RUNWAY SHEARING IT OFF AT THE BASE OF THE STRUT. AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY SUPPORTED BY THE NOSE GEAR STRUT.