# Accident 20160616010769A: Cessna 172M, Lenoir, NC, June 16, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2016, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lenoir, NC
- Airport: Lower Creek Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9444° N, 81.4900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9444&lon=-81.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12184, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12184-2016-09-06) (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: 78 total, 78 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160616010769A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 16, 2016, A STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING HIS CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT IN A CESSNA 172M, REGISTRATION #N12184, REGISTERED TO LENOIR AVIATION CLUB, INC.. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM NC27 (LOWER CREEK AIRPORT) IN LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT EXX (DAVIDSON COUNTY AIRPORT) IN LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA AT APPROXIMATELY 1145. DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 05 AT NC27 (GRASS STRIP), THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO SHEAR OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT, RIGHT WING STRUT TO PARTIAL COLLAPSE AND THE ROTATING PROPELLER TO STRIKE TO GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED CONFIGURATION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, HOWEVER THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

STUDENT PILOT ENCOUNTERED SUBSTANTIAL CROSS WINDS UPON LANDING.

## 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 ERA16CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA222), Jun 16, 2016: Cessna 172M (N12184), Lenoir, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to compensate for gusting wind conditions during landing, which resulted in a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate review…

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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