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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Chesterfield, MO · April 6, 2012

Date
April 6, 2012 · 09:45 local
Place
Chesterfield, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N895MC
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Part 91 FBO called the FSDO to request a special flight permit to ferry a damaged aircraft to olathe, KS, for repairs. They found the damage when the aircraft was undergoing a 100 hour inspection. The firewall, forward cabin floor panel, and aircraft belly just aft of attaching location of the front landing gear were wrinkled. All signs of a hard landing. The FBO rents and provides part 61 flight instruction. Nobody notified the FBO of a hard landing. It was believed that the damage occured since the last oil change, which was preformed 25 flight hours earlier. The date of the oil change was March 20, 2012. A special flight permit was issued after Cessna engineering, through the Cessna field service representative, obtained concurrence of a one-time flight to olathe, KS. No damage was found on the propeller. The NTSB was contacted to determine how to classify this occurence. They said that because the pilot cannot be determined, that this will be classified as an incident.

As the FAA filed it

PART 91 FBO CALLED THE FSDO TO REQUEST A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT TO FERRY A DAMAGED AIRCRAFT TO OLATHE, KS, FOR REPAIRS. THEY FOUND THE DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDERGOING A 100 HOUR INSPECTION. THE FIREWALL, FORWARD CABIN FLOOR PANEL, AND AIRCRAFT BELLY JUST AFT OF ATTACHING LOCATION OF THE FRONT LANDING GEAR WERE WRINKLED. ALL SIGNS OF A HARD LANDING. THE FBO RENTS AND PROVIDES PART 61 FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. NOBODY NOTIFIED THE FBO OF A HARD LANDING. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE DAMAGE OCCURED SINCE THE LAST OIL CHANGE, WHICH WAS PREFORMED 25 FLIGHT HOURS EARLIER. THE DATE OF THE OIL CHANGE WAS MARCH 20, 2012. A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WAS ISSUED AFTER CESSNA ENGINEERING, THROUGH THE CESSNA FIELD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, OBTAINED CONCURRENCE OF A ONE-TIME FLIGHT TO OLATHE, KS. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE PROPELLER.THE NTSB WAS CONTACTED TO DETERMINE HOW TO CLASSIFY THIS OCCURENCE. THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE THE PILOT CANNOT BE DETERMINED, THAT THIS WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.