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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Renton, WA · August 20, 2015

Date
August 20, 2015 · 13:25 local
Place
Renton, WA
Airport
Renton Municiple Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78440
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
168 total124 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot states that just before touchdown the plane began to float, and landed somewhat hard, after landing the plane bound up and veered to the right, and wobbled left and right. On one veer to the right, the plane tipped toward the left side and the prop struck the ground.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATES THAT JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN THE PLANE BEGAN TO FLOAT, AND LANDED SOMEWHAT HARD, AFTER LANDING THE PLANE BOUND UP AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND WOBBLED LEFT AND RIGHT.ON ONE VEER TO THE RIGHT, THE PLANE TIPPED TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.