# Incident 20120406005659I: Cessna 172S, Chesterfield, MO, April 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2012, 09:45 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N895MC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120406005659I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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