# Incident 20170528015169I: Cessna 172N, Modesto, CA, May 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2017, 12:30 local time
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Airport: Modesto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6391° N, 120.9969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Modesto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6391&lon=-120.9969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733NZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733NZ-2022-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170528015169I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE STUDENT PILOT'S CONDUCT OF HIS INITIAL LANDING WHILE ON A LONG SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM LHM TO MOD, THE PILOT MADE APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED,  AND THE NOSE WHEEL RIM AND INNER TUBE DISINTEGRATED. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT, DAMAGING THE TIPS. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO REST NOSE LOW ON THE PAVED RUNWAY SURFACE, WITH THE NOSE GEAR FORK, AXLE AND WHEEL BEARINGS RESTING ON THE REMAINS OF THE NOSE TIRE. DEBRIS CONSISTING OF PAVEMENT CHUNKS, DOZENS OF CHUNKS AND SMALL PIECES OF THE NOSE WHEEL HUB, AND CHUNKS AND PIECES OF THE INNER TUBE WERE SCATTERED DOWN THE RUNWAY IN A 100 FT X 1000 FT AREA. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N733NZ (1)

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

- [Incident 19900726036209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900726036209I), Jul 26, 1990: Cessna 172N (N733NZ), Corona, CA, Minor damage. Pilot stated engine faltered on takeoff. Aborted and ran off end of runway. Hit a stanchion.

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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