# Incident 20130310004039I: Cessna 172S, Ann Arbor, MI, March 10, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2013, 14:15 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2229° N, 83.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANN ARBOR MUNI (ARB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2229&lon=-83.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N857SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N857SP) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,644 total, 760 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130310004039I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WITH THE INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD LANDED TWENTY YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE END OF RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT, DAMAGING THE STRUT FAIRING. THE RUNWAY LIGHT BROKE FROM ITS BASE AND HIT THE FUSELAGE JUST BEHIND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAUSING A FIVE INCH CREASE IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN.

PILOT STATEMENT:

TURBULENCE IN THE PATTERN WAS LIGHT CHOP.  STUDENT WAS DOING WELL IN PATTERN, SQUARE TURNS, STAYING WITHIN 100 FEET OF PATTERN (1800) DESCENT AND APPROACH WERE GOOD. APPROACHING THE RUNWAY THE PLANE DROPPED QUICKLY WHEN HE PULLED THE POWER OFF AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD ABOUT A FEW  FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY TAKING OUT ONE OF THE END LIGHTS. I GRABBED THE CONTROLS (TOO LATE) GOT THE PLANE OFF THE GROUND AND BACK OVER THE RUNWAY, LEVELED OFF, DID NOT CLIMB. MILKED UP THE FLAPS AND WAITED UNTIL THE AIRSPEED CLIMBED TO 80 KTS. BY THAT TIME WE WERE NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  I TOOK THE PLANE AROUND AND LANDED IT.  I CALLED THE TOWER AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT, ALSO TALKED TO THE OWNER OF AVIATION CENTER.

## Other reports on N857SP (1)

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

- [Accident 20130609009259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130609009259A), Jun 9, 2013: Cessna 172S (N857SP), Ann Arbor, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft experienced a collapsed nose gear on attempted landing at Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (karb) The pilot stated he was coming in for a landing on the…

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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