# Accident 20120405005429A: Cessna 172M, Pottstown, PA, April 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2369° N, 75.5539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2369&lon=-75.5539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6871H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6871H-2018-01-08) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 22 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA270) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120405005429A

## Narrative

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

ON 4/5/2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PILOT IN COMMAND OF N6871H) WAS PERFORMING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT POTTSTOWN HERITAGE FIELD (KPTW). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE APPROACH APPEARED NORMAL AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING. IN AN EFFORT TO SALVAGE THE LANDING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONDUCTED A GO-AROUND AND IN DOING SO, INADVERTENTLY SELECTED THE FLAPS FROM 30-0 ALL AT ONCE. THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT, DRIFTED WELL TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 28 AND LANDED IN THE BRUSH. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 ERA12CA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA270), Apr 5, 2012: Cessna 172M (N6871H), Pottstown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of control.

## Other reports on N6871H (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20041026030989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041026030989I), Oct 26, 2004: Cessna 172M (N6871H), Pottstown, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot was returning from a solo flight for landing at Pottstown Limerick Airport. Just prior to touchdown, a wind gust pushed the aircraft off…
- [Incident 19991023029859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991023029859I), Oct 23, 1999: Cessna 172M (N6871H), Reading, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot on landing at the Reading airport (rdg), runway 31, made a hard landing, knocking the front nose wheel off and damaging the propeller,…
- [Incident 19930720031889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930720031889I), Jul 20, 1993: Cessna 172M (N6871H), Rochester, NH. Engine quit in flight. Forced landing at Skyhaven Airport. No fuel in tanks.

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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