# Accident 20110406009659A: Cessna 172K, Trenton, ME, April 6, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2011, 12:30 local time
- Place: Trenton, ME
- Airport: Trenton/Hancock County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4403° N, 68.3558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4403&lon=-68.3558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46643, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46643) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,048 total, 324 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA333) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110406009659A

## Narrative

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

FIRST PILOT WAS CURRENT AND ACTING AS PIC. SECOND PILOT (CFI) WAS ADMINISTERING A FLIGHT REVIEW AS REQUIRED BY FAR PART 61.56 TO FIRST PILOT.UPON LANDING RUNWAY 35, JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE FLARE FIRST PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A WIND GUST AND HE WAS UNABLE TO ORIENTATE AIRCRAFT INTO PROPER FLARE ATTITUDE.AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, WITH THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE WHEEL CONTACTING SIMULTANEOUSLY.AFTER TAXIING TO PARKING AREA, PILOT NOTICED DAMAGE TO NOSE WHEEL AND TIRE.  SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE FOUND FIREWALL BUCKLING IN THE AREA OF NOSE STRUT ATTACH POINT.NOTE:  RUNWAY 35 HAS A PRONOUNCED UPSLOPE.  TOUCH DOWN ZONE ELEVATION 46 FT MSL, MID AND END ELEVATIONS ARE 79 FT MSL.  RUNWAY 35 IS 25 FEET NARROWER THAN PRIMARY RUNWAY PILOT IS USE TO USING AT BHB.  AIRCRAFT IS BASED AT BHB

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA11CA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA333), Apr 6, 2011: Cessna 172K (N46643), Bar Harbor, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate landing flare while landing with a gusting wind, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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