# Accident 20110613011629A: Cessna 172S, Grand Forks, ND, June 13, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 47.9472° N, 97.1739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9472&lon=-97.1739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N539ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N539ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA386) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110613011629A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 141 AT GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM HARD LANDING. DAMAGE EXTENDS BEYOND THE FIREWALL INTO AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE ABOUT 24' AFT OF FIREWALL. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT FORWARD ABOUT 20 DEGREES BEYOND ORIGINAL POSITION. PIC NOTICED AIRCRAFT WAS HARD TO STEER ON POST LANDING TAXI.

## 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 CEN11LA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA386), Jun 13, 2011: Cessna 172S (N539ND), Grand Forks, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action to the student pilot’s bounced landing and subsequent loss of aircraft control.

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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