# Accident 20120324017339A: Cessna 172P, Tampa, FL, March 24, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Brooksville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4736° N, 82.4556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4736&lon=-82.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99087, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99087-2013-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,578 total, 60 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120324017339A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 24, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1715Z,  A CESSNA 172P, N99087, SERIAL NO. 17276400 HAD A HARD LANDING AT THE BROOKSVILLE / HERNANDO COUNTY AIRPORT (KBKV), BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA.   METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.  POST INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A COLLASPED NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY, SHEETMETAL WRINKLING ON THE FLOOR BOARDS IN THE COCKPIT, WRINKLING AT ENGINE FIREWALL, AND SHEETMETAL DAMAGE UNDERNEATH THE FORWARD FUSELAGE JUST AFT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

## 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 ERA12LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA259), Mar 24, 2012: Cessna 172P (N99087), Brooksville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, 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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