# Accident 20160427005129A: Cessna 172R, Durant, OK, April 27, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Durant, OK
- Airport: Durant Regional - Eaker Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9422° N, 96.3944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9422&lon=-96.3944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35387, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35387) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160427005129A

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT WAS A PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICAL TEST FOR THE STUDENT.  A DPE APPLICANT WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT.   AN FAA INSPECTOR WAS OBSERVING THE DPE APPLICANT FROM THE BACK SEAT.

THEY HAD COMPLETED THE HIGH WORK AND WERE RETURNING TO DURANT REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE LANDING OPERATIONS. DURANT WAS LANDING RUNWAY 17 AND THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS 240 AT APPROX. 7 KNOTS.   THE 1ST APPROACH WAS ?ROUGH? AND THE STUDENT ELECTED TO GO AROUND.  ON THE SECOND APPROACH THE STUDENT CHOPPED THE POWER ABOUT 10-15 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY.  DPE APPLICANT TRIED TO ARREST THE LANDING WITH POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE MAINS AND HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH POWER JUST AFTER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE FLIGHT SCHOOL AND A HARD LANDING WAS REPORTED.

AS THEY DEBRIEFED THE FAILED PRACTICAL, MAINTENANCE PULLED THE COWLING AND DISCOVERED THE FIREWALL WAS WRINKLED JUST ABOVE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT BRACKET.

## 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 GAA16CA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA208), Apr 27, 2016: Cessna 172 (N35387), Durant, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot candidate's incorrect action performance by pulling the throttle off early and the subsequent failure to maintain the descent rate, resulting in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N35387 (2)

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

- [Incident 20221130018539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221130018539I), Nov 30, 2022: Cessna 172R (N35387), Durant, OK, No damage. Pilot stated that the landing touchdown was normal. During the ground roll, the piloted stated the he applied the brakes, and a few seconds afterwards, he…
- [Incident 20171121019649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171121019649I), Nov 21, 2017: Cessna 172R (N35387), Durant, OK, Minor damage. The student was performing touch and goes on his first solo. On the second touch and go the pilot landed but lost control on the take off roll. The student…

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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