# Accident 20121115025689A: Cessna 172N, Moline, IL, November 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2012, 15:00 local time
- Place: Moline, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4483° N, 90.5075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4483&lon=-90.5075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6231F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6231F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121115025689A

## Narrative

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

ON HIS FIRST STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT.  HE REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED DURING THE LANDING EVENT.  HE FELT A VIBRATION IN THE ENGINE AND TAXIED BACK TO THE HANGAR.  HE THEN CONTACTED HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO REPORT WHAT HAD HAPPENED.  HE THOUGHT HE HAD JUST A PROP STRIKE.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE FIREWALL ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN13CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA098), Nov 15, 2012: Cessna 172N (N6231F), Moline, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N6231F (2)

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

- [Incident 19810426030539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810426030539I), Apr 26, 1981: Cessna 172N (N6231F), Ft Wayne, IN, Minor damage. Hard landing at night. Minor wing damage.
- [Incident 19801105079009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801105079009I), Nov 5, 1980: Cessna 172 (N6231F), Terre Haute, IN, Minor damage. Zd student pilot was drifting on landing and decided to go around. Gear struck light as go around initiated.

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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