# Accident 20121221027529A: Cessna 172M, Eveleth, MN, December 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2012, 09:30 local time
- Place: Eveleth, MN
- Airport: Eveleth-Virginia Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4250° N, 92.4981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4250&lon=-92.4981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9660H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9660H) (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: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121221027529A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT.  ON HIS FIRST LANDING DURING THIS SOLO THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE WHEEL FIRST, BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL AGAIN.   THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED AGAIN AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK ON THE YOKE TO COMPLETE THE FLARE AND WAS ABLE TO TOUCH DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS TO COMPLETE THE LANDING.  PILOT THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE.  THE NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS DAMAGED ON ONE OF THE INSTANCES OF THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.  THE NOSE GEAR STRUT SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLER TIPS.  THE FIREWALL RECEIVED SOME DAMAGE DURING ONE OR BOTH OF THE NOSE GEAR STRIKES.  THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY ALSO RECEIVED EXTENSIVE 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 CEN13CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA112), Dec 21, 2012: Cessna 172M (N9660H), Eveleth, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard nosewheel landing.

## Other reports on N9660H (1)

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

- [Incident 20130807015269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130807015269I), Aug 7, 2013: Cessna 172M (N9660H), Eveleth, MN, Minor damage. During landing instructor allowed crosswind to drift aircraft left of runway, prop struck two airport lights.

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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