# Accident 20170730010199A: Cessna 172S, Carlsbad, CA, July 30, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2017, 13:30 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1289° N, 117.2758° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1289&lon=-117.2758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N497TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N497TC) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 92 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA470](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA470) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170730010199A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED KRNM ENROUTE TO KCRQ. APPROX. 10 MILES EAST OF KCRQ RECEIVED WEATHER, CONTACTED KCRQ TOWER AND RECEIVED REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS, STRAIGHT IN CLEARANCE TO LAND RWY 24. APPROXIMATELY 1330 PDT PORPOISE LANDING RESULTED IN PROP STRIKE. EXECUTED GO AROUND, CLEARED TO LAND RWY 24. LANDED, TAXIED BACK TO PARKING SPACE AND SECURED AIRPLANE. REPORTED INCIDENT TO FLIGHT SCHOOL.

## 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 GAA17CA470](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA470), Jul 30, 2017: Cessna 172 (N497TC), Carlsbad, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting wind conditions.

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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