# Incident 20160810013009I: Cessna 172M, Burnet, TX, August 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2016, 19:50 local time
- Place: Burnet, TX
- Airport: Burnet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7507° N, 98.2383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burnet, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7507&lon=-98.2383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12750, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12750) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 3 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160810013009I

## Narrative

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

ON AUG. 10, 2016, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND, CESSNA N12750, WHEN HE SAID HE BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT ONCE AND THEN IT CAME DOWN NOSE FIRST AND BROKE OFF THE NOSE WHEEL AND PART OF THE FORK AND ALSO BENT THE PROP.

THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

NOTE: THE PILOT MENTIONED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A THERMAL EFFECT AND A CROSSWIND FROM HIS LEFT (SOUTH) CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N12750 (1)

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

- [Accident 19771029035979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771029035979A), Oct 29, 1977: Cessna 172M (N12750), Dekalb, IL, Substantial damage. Took off with full flaps. Shortly after takeoff retracted flaps.

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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