# Incident 20170408006339I: Cessna 172S, Mansfield, OH, April 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2017, 14:34 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IKBS
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140SU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140SU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 568 total, 453 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170408006339I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT WAS A CROSS COUNTRY FROM KOSU TO KMFD TO KZZV TO KOSU. DURING THE APPROACH INTO KMFD THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NORMAL POSITION FOR A

NORMAL LANDING. ONCE N140SU WAS OVER THE RUNWAY,  POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE AND AIRCRAFT WAS LEVELED OFF TO DECREASE AIRSPEED. ONCE THE PLANE BEGAN TO SINK TOWARDS THE RUNWAY THE STUDENT BEGAN TO FLARE, BUT AS WE FLARED TO DECREASE SINK RATE AND LAND ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE SINK RATE INCREASED. THE STUDENT THEN PULLED BACK HARDER ON THE YOKE, BEFORE THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THE ACTION WE HEARD THE TAIL SCRAPE THE RUNWAY.

AT THAT POINT WE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND INSTRUCTED TOWER WE WANTED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. AFTER SEEING THE TAIL TIE DOWN WAS MISSING WE INFORMED TOWER THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO INSPECT THE RUNWAY FOR FOD AND THEN

WE INFORMED THE OHIO STATE FLIGHT SCHOOL OF THE OCCURRENCE. CORRECTIVE ACTION IS CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED IN HOUSE. THE STUDENT IS GOING TO PERFORM RECURRENT TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT AN OCCURRENCE LIKE THIS DOES NOT

HAPPEN AGAIN AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAS SCHEDULED TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL TRAINING WITH ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR AT THE FLIGHT SCHOOL.

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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