# Incident 20151020022769I: Cessna 172M, Palmyra, PA, October 20, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2015, 10:58 local time
- Place: Palmyra, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3100° N, 76.5948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmyra, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3100&lon=-76.5948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4333R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4333R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151020022769I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/20/2015 STUDENT PILOT ALICIA MRAKOVICH WAS CONDUCTING HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN N4333R AT RUNWAY 31 AT N58. AFTER TWO REJECTED LANDINGS THE THIRD ATTEMPT RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED WITH EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED AND TOUCHED DOWN NOSE GEAR FIRST. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT WHERE IT CAME TO A REST. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4333R (1)

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

- [Accident 19831010068129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831010068129A), Oct 10, 1983: Cessna 172M (N4333R), Toughkenamon, PA, Substantial damage. Hand propped engine started at full throttle. Mechanic at controls seat slid back. Aircraft struck a hangar.

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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