# Incident 20110321005259I: Cessna 172M, Bull Head City, NV, March 21, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2011, 17:45 local time
- Place: Bull Head City, NV
- Airport: Sun Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9143H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9143H-2020-07-10) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110321005259I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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