# Accident 20150815022039A: Cessna 172C, Port Eads, LA, August 15, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2015, 14:00 local time
- Place: Port Eads, LA
- Airport: Port Eads
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0136° N, 89.1597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0136&lon=-89.1597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1805Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1805Y-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,175 total, 1,175 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA371) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150815022039A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO GRASS STRIP PILOT LANDED HARD NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF. NOSE OF AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND STRIKING PROPELLER. TAIL CAME UP IN THE AIR LEFT WING TIP LEADING EDGE STRIKING THE GROUND. TOP LEFT WING AFT AT WING ROOT HAS BUCKLE IN SKIN AT FUSELAGE. AIRCRAFT RESTED BACK ON THE MAIN GEAR.

## 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 CEN15LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA371), Aug 15, 2015: Cessna 172C (N1805Y), Venice, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain a safe landing approach airspeed with a crosswind.

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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