# Accident 20170703008829A: Cessna 172R, Shreveport, LA, July 3, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2017, 08:45 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Downtown Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5403° N, 93.7450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5403&lon=-93.7450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2173Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2173Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA389) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170703008829A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED HARD LANDING AND PORPOISED. HE DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD A PROP STRIKE. APPLIED POWER AND BECAME AIRBORNE, COMPLETING TWO GO-AROUNDS TO DETERMINE CONTROL BEFORE LANDING. FIREWALL DAMAGE NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO CABIN FLOOR, BELLY, NOSE TIRE/STRUT, LEFT ELEVATOR TRAILING EDGE.

AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA389), Jul 3, 2017: Cessna 172 (N2173Z), Shreveport, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N2173Z (2)

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

- [Incident 20250106011889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250106011889I), Jan 6, 2025: Cessna 172R (N2173Z), Livermore, CA, No damage. Livermore, CA (lvk): [privacy data omitted], C172, lvk-mhr, the pilot reported a bird strike on right downwind departure and requested to return to lvk to…
- [Incident 20191110020959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191110020959I), Nov 10, 2019: Cessna 172R (N2173Z), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. On November 10, 2019 at approximately 1815 local time, the pilot of N2173Z was returning from a VFR cross-country flight and experienced a hard landing on…

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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