# Accident 20130609009259A: Cessna 172S, Ann Arbor, MI, June 9, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2013, 11:12 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2225° N, 83.7467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2225&lon=-83.7467&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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,597 total, 22 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA335) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130609009259A

## Narrative

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

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 GRASS RUNWAY (RWY 30) IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION. HE STATED THAT HIS GOAL WAS TO LAND WITH THE MAIN TIRES FIRST THEN EASE THE NOSE DOWN. HE LANDED THE PLANE PRIOR TO THE PAVED PORTION OF THE TAXI/RUNWAY AT A SIGNIFICANT SPEED (55-60 KNOTS). HE STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN LONGER DOWN THE RUNWAY THEN HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO AND WAS LANDING WITH A TAILWIND. HE STATED HE SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND AND ATTEMPTED THE LANDING AGAIN, BUT THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING BECAUSE THE AIRPORT WAS BUSY, AND THAT THE TOWER HAD MADE ROOM FOR HIM TO LAND. WHEN HE LANDED HE HIT THE TAXI WAY AND POPPED BACK UP INTO THE AIR, HE SAID THAT WAS DUE TO HIS LONGER LANDING AND SIGNIFICANT SPEED. WHEN THE PLANE CAME BACK TO THE GROUND HE THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE LANDED ON THE FRONT WHEEL BUT HE BELIEVED HE MOST LIKELY LANDED ON ALL THREE WHEELS AT THE SAME TIME COLLAPSING THE FRONT WHEEL. AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN HE COMPLETED AN EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND THE FIREWALL.

## 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 CEN13CA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA335), Jun 9, 2013: Cessna 172S (N857SP), Ann Arbor, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to make a go-around in a timely manner and his loss of control during landing.

## Other reports on N857SP (1)

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

- [Incident 20130310004039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130310004039I), Mar 10, 2013: Cessna 172S (N857SP), Ann Arbor, MI, Minor damage. 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…

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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