# Incident 20120929022869I: Cessna 172M, Fort Stockton, TX, September 29, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2012, 12:40 local time
- Place: Fort Stockton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8926° N, 102.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Stockton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8926&lon=-102.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N509R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N509R-2013-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,525 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120929022869I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:40 CDT, N509R A CESSNA 172,  IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AT FORT STOCKTON-PECOS COUNTY AIRPORT (KFST) LOCATED IN FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS.  PILOT WAS INTENDING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12 WHEN HE REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STUCK THE RUNWAY FORCING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UP VERTICALLY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STOP ABRUPTLY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED NOSE GEAR ATTACHMENT POINTS.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED AND WERE ABLE TO EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N509R (2)

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

- [Accident 20020115000329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020115000329A), Jan 15, 2002: Cessna 172M (N509R), Iraan, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 15, 2002, at 1450 CST, Cessna 172M, N509R, sustained substantial damage after over-shooting runway 32 while landing at the airport in Iraan,…
- [Accident 19851220065139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851220065139A), Dec 20, 1985: Cessna 172M (N509R), Andalusia, AL, Substantial damage. Pilot hand propped aircraft with non pilot at controls. Engine started,aircraft struck tree and nosed into a ditch.

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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