# Accident 20140813015739A: Cessna 172F, Oxford, NC, August 13, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2014, 11:00 local time
- Place: Oxford, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3216° N, 78.5869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oxford, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3216&lon=-78.5869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8432U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8432U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140813015739A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A  HARD LANDING.  ACCORDING TO A WITNESS HE HEARD A LOUD CRASH AND THE SOUND OF SCREECHING TIRES ON THE PAVEMENT.  WITNESS NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCING UPWARD 6 TO 8 FEET OVER THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 24. THE PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT WITH AN INAPPROPRIATE USE OF THE LEFT AILERON, THE AIRPLANE DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY NOSE FIRST AND CONTINUED PORPOISING DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED AT THE LOWER ENGINE FIREWALL AND THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE (STALL KIT INSTALLED).

## 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

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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