# Accident 20120426024349A: Cessna 172S, Glendale, AZ, April 26, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2012, 13:27 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Airport: Glendale Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5267° N, 112.2950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5267&lon=-112.2950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N320ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,994 total, 56 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA444) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120426024349A

## Narrative

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

4/26/2012@1327, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED WIND GUSTS / WINDSHEAR DURING SHORT FINAL INTO GLENDALE AIRPORT WHILE PRACTICING MANUEVERS, WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD NOSE WHEEL LANDING THAT BLEW OUT THE NOSE TIRE. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FIREWALL HAD BEEN  DAMAGED ,THE PROP TIPS WERE ALSO SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT TO DATE (11/13/2012) HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## 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 WPR12LA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA444), Apr 26, 2012: Cessna 172S (N320ME), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate flare and compensation for gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a bounced 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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