# Incident 20130421020199I: Cessna 172RG, Terre Haute, IN, April 21, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2013, 17:00 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Sky King
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5478° N, 87.3774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY KING (3I3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5478&lon=-87.3774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23SK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,530 total, 76 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130421020199I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 21, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 UTC, A CESSNA 172RG, N23SK SUSTAINED DAMAGE FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING AT SKY KING AIRPORT (3I3) LOCATED IN TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

THE STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO BROWN FLYING SCHOOL AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PARTS 61 AND 91 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED OR REQUIRED.

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE PRACTICING POWER-OFF 180 DEGREE ACCURACY LANDINGS, THE AIRCRAFT HAD A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 8. THE STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO DECREASE AND DID NOT TAKE ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND STARTED A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE BUT NOT SOON ENOUGH TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.

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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