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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172B · Hysham, MT · July 27, 2016

Date: July 27, 2016 · 11:20 local
Place: Hysham, MT
Airport: Hysham
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7423X
Reported as: Cessna 172B
Reported engine: Continental 0-300 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,800 total4,800 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N7423XRegistered now · Cessna 172BS/N 17247923 · Built 1960 Airframe modelCessna 172B Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated he landed on the main wheels a little hard, the aircraft bounced up and then landed on the nose wheel. The aircraft came back down on the nose wheel and the propeller struck the runway causing damage to the nose gear and propeller.

Witness statements state they observed the aircraft conduct a hard landing bouncing up then hitting hard again then bouncing one more time impacting the nose gear and propeller, breaking the nose gear off.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE LANDED ON THE MAIN WHEELS A LITTLE HARD, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED UP AND THEN LANDED ON THE NOSE WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME BACK DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER.

WITNESS STATEMENTS STATE THEY OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT CONDUCT A HARD LANDING BOUNCING UP THEN HITTING HARD AGAIN THEN BOUNCING ONE MORE TIME IMPACTING THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER, BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR OFF.