# Accident 20160716011179A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Mcminville, OR, July 16, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2016, 19:30 local time
- Place: Mcminville, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7032R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7032R-2017-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 973 total, 105 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160716011179A

## Narrative

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

DURING THE 7TH LANDING OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IN THE PATTERN AT MMV, AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, BOUNCED, AND WHEN TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN, THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE NOSE WHEEL SPRING STRUT, NEAR THE WHEEL, HAD FRACTURED DUE TO THE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND AND THE STRUT APPEARS TO HAVE FOLDED UNDER BELLY AFTER THE STUDENT APPLIED BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIRE WALL AREA AND LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN. NO INJURIES TO CFI OR STUDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N7032R (1)

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

- [Incident 20150605007489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150605007489I), Jun 5, 2015: Cessna Aircraft Co 162 (N7032R), Hillsboro, OR, Minor damage. Flight instructor and student departed scappoose airport heading south to twin oaks airpark, student pilot leveled off at 2200'. Just as student initiated a…

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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