# Accident 20160617009549A: Cessna R172K, Craig, CO, June 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2016, 07:45 local time
- Place: Craig, CO
- Airport: Craig-Moffat
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4950° N, 107.5231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4950&lon=-107.5231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N998M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 48 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA327) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160617009549A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS AND TOUCH AND GO'S IN PRACTICE FOR UPCOMING CHECKRIDE FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.  ON PILOTS 5TH LANDING, HE NOTICED ON HIS FLARE THAT HE WAS LOW AND WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT.  THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE EDGE OF THE ASPHAULT AT THE START OF THE RUNWAY WHICH RISES UP ABOUT 10" FROM THE GROUND LEVEL.  DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE NOSE WHEEL FORK (CRACKED) AND A FLAT NOSE TIRE.  INSPECTION FOLLOWING THE LANDING REVEALED SLIGHT WRINKLES IN THE FIREWALL AND DAMAGE TO LONGERONS UNDER THE FLOOR.

## 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 GAA16CA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA327), Jun 17, 2016: Cessna R172 (N998M), Craig, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain an adequate glide path during landing, which resulted in the airplane landing short of the runway and the nose wheel impacting the runway edge and substantial…

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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