# Accident 20170219005489A: Cessna 172N, Statesville, NC, February 19, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2017, 13:15 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Airport: Statesville Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7650° N, 80.9539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STATESVILLE RGNL (SVH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7650&lon=-80.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738DS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 50 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/20170219005489A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28 AT STATESVILLE (KSVH) THE PILOT HAD A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED AND AFTER REGAINING CONTROL EXITED THE RUNWAY.  AFTER COMPLETING A RUNUP THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF.  AFTER PULLING BACK ON THE YOLK IT STUCK.  THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH POWER AND ATTEMTPED TO LAND BUT STALLED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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

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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