# Accident 20150703009909A: Cessna 172N, Lubbock, TX, July 3, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2015, 12:27 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6539° N, 101.8289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6539&lon=-101.8289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6326J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6326J-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150703009909A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 3, 2015, AT 1227, A CESSNA CE-172-N AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N6326J, REGISTERED TO HUB CITY AVIATION INC., WAS OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  THE STUDENT WAS RETURNING TO LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WHERE THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED, AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35L BY LUBBOCK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.  THE PLANE BOUNCED DURING THE LANDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER,  AND THE ENGINE FIREWALL, WHILE LANDING ON KLBB RUNWAY 35L AT 1227 LOCAL TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LBB TO 2F5 TO SNK TO LBB.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SNK TO LBB ON JULY 3, 2015, AT 1115 LOCAL TIME APPROXIMATELY.

## 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 GAA15CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA162), Jul 3, 2015: Cessna 172N (N6326J), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare during landing which resulted in abnormal runway contact and damage to the firewall.

## Other reports on N6326J (1)

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

- [Incident 19960104001299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960104001299I), Jan 4, 1996: Cessna 172N (N6326J), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: upon landing at Tucson int'l airport, on runway 11L, [privacy data omitted] this incident was witnessed by the FSDO operations inspector who in turn…

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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