# Accident 20120627015619A: Cessna 172M, Smyrna, TN, June 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2012, 13:20 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9759° N, 86.5145° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9759&lon=-86.5145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80985, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80985) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA420) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120627015619A

## Narrative

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

WHILE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. PILOT LOST CONTROL AND HIT NOSE LOW STRIKING THE PROP AND NOSE GEAR HARD ON THE RUNWAY. THE RESULT WAS A BLOWN NOSE GEAR TIRE AND A PROP STRIKE ON THE RUNWAY. THE RESULT WAS DAMAGED NOSE GEAR, PROP. AND A BUCKLED FIREWALL AND FUSALAGE.

## 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 ERA12CA420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA420), Jun 27, 2012: Cessna 172M (N80985), Smyrna, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, 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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