# Incident 20170211007289I: Cessna 172M, Emporia, KS, February 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2017, 19:45 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4024° N, 96.1946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emporia, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4024&lon=-96.1946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20218, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20218) (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: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170211007289I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 11, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A STUDENT PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHILE TAXIING A CESSNA 172M AT THE EMPORIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KEMP) IN EMPORIA, KANSAS; THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A LOCAL FLYING CLUB PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 61. PURSUANT TO THE PILOT?S VERBAL ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT, THE PILOT WAS ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES ON RUNWAY 1. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT NOTICED A ?SHUDDER? FROM THE NOSE WHEEL. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED BACKPRESSURE TO THE CONTROLS AND THE SHUDDER BEGAN TO DECREASE. THE PILOT HAS A BACKGROUND IN AUTO MECHANICS AND BELIEVED THE PROBLEM TO BE A FLAT OR LOW NOSE TIRE. AFTER THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE RADIO APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH AND BELIEVED IT WAS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION TO TAXI CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY, ONTO THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, IN THE EVENT THE AIRCRAFT BECAME DISABLED.

THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT ?SLOWLY? THROUGH THE GRASS BUT AS THE NOSE STRUT COMPRESSED, THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND IN A WATER DRAINAGE AREA. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE ENGINE AND HAD THE AIRCRAFT TOWED BACK TO THE HANGAR. A POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND A HOLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE NOSE TIRE AND INNER TUBE.

## Other reports on N20218 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840714034269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840714034269A), Jul 14, 1984: Cessna 172M (N20218), Southgate, MI, Substantial damage. Engine quit after a prolonged descent without adequate use of carburetor heat. Nosed over hitting a ditch landing

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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