# Accident 20160608013719A: Cessna 172N, Urbana, OH, June 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2016, 14:22 local time
- Place: Urbana, OH
- Airport: Grimes Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1303° N, 83.7544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1303&lon=-83.7544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8324E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8324E) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 142 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160608013719A

## Narrative

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

MAKING AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 DURING THE FLARE A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRPLANE LIFT AND LAND HARD

## 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 GAA16CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA301), Jun 8, 2016: Cessna 172 (N8324E), Urbana, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's abnormal runway contact during the landing flare, which resulted in a porpoise, hard landing, and runway excursion.

## Other reports on N8324E (2)

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

- [Incident 20050614013539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050614013539I), Jun 14, 2005: Cessna 172N (N8324E), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft struck large deer while landing at mgy, shearing nose gear from aircraft and subsequently causing prop to strike the runway. Some structural…
- [Incident 19790925049821I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790925049821I), Sep 25, 1979: Cessna 172N (N8324E), Middletown, OH, Minor damage. Pilot struck N4495R just before touchdown. Landed safely.

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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