# Accident 20130416007559A: Cessna 172S, Lincoln Park, NJ, April 16, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2013, 08:00 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: L25S
- Location: 40.9476° N, 74.3145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN PARK (N07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9476&lon=-74.3145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90559, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90559-2025-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 122 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130416007559A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM LINCOLN PARK AIRPORT, NJ (N07) AND RETURNED TO THE SAME AIRPORT.

PILOT IS A STUDENT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF CFI: PAWEL KUMELA.   THIS FLIGHT WAS HIS FOURTH SOLO.  THE PURPOSE WAS TO PERFORM TRAFFIC PATTERN MANEUVERS.

THE PILOT STATED: ON THE SHORT FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT HAD POWER IN, ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED AND ENERGY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FLAT AND BOUNCED.  POWER WAS ADDED, AND THEN REDUCED, RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE SINK AND A SECOND BOUNCE.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE NOSE-WHEEL ON FINAL LANDING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N90559 (1)

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

- [Accident 20211111020839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211111020839A), Nov 11, 2021: Cessna 172S (N90559), Hampton Twp., NJ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. N90559, c 172, departed cdw VFR on a training flight. The aircraft did not return to cdw when expected so the flight school contacted cdw tower for…

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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