# Accident 20150606010179A: Cessna 172R, Addison, TX, June 6, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2015, 15:20 local time
- Place: Addison, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: JM8S
- Location: 32.9681° N, 96.8361° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9681&lon=-96.8361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N178AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N178AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 54 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150606010179A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 6TH 2015 THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING A TRAINING SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT IN AIRCRAFT N178AF. AFTER 2 SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS AT SULFER SPRINGS, SHE ATTEMPTED A THIRD. ON APPROACH SHE REALIZED SHE WAS TOO HIGH BUT DECIDED TO LAND ANYWAY. SHE LANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT SEVERAL TIMES. SHE APPLIED POWER AND RETURNED TO AIR. SHE DEPARTED SULFER SPRINGS AND CONTINUED TO GREENVILLE MAJORS WHICH WAS THE NEXT LEG OF HER TRAINING. AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTED LANDINGS, SHE RETURNED TO ADDISON. SHE STARTED HER APPROACH AT ADDISON. AT FINAL APPROACH, AT 65 KNOTS, SHE TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT 6 TIMES AND SLOWED TO A STOP. SHE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAITED FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONEL.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE HAD A FLAT NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRE.  MAINTENANCE PERSONEL MOVED THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF RUNWAY.  AFTER FURTHER REVIEW OF THE LANDING GEAR AREA, IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE  ENGINE FIREWALL, THE FLOORING BY THE PILOT AND COPILOT SEATS, PROPELLER, AND VARIOUS BRACKETS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  NOTIFICATION TO THE FAA WAS REPORTED AS AN OCCURRENCE, HOWEVER, AFTER AN INVESTIGATION IT WAS UPGRADED TO AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 GAA15CA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA179), Jun 6, 2015: Cessna 172R (N178AF), Addison, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the landing touchdown, resulting in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N178AF (1)

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

- [Accident 20081227856019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081227856019A), Dec 27, 2008: Cessna 172R (N178AF), Morristown, NJ, Substantial damage. On 12/27/08 at approximately 1540 EST, N178AF, a Cessna 172R on an IFR training flight over shot runway 23 at mmu after an ILS approach. The aircraft contacted…

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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