# Accident 20180609007469A: Cessna 172S, Hillsboro, TX, June 9, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2018, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, TX
- Airport: Hillsboro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0861° N, 97.1008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0861&lon=-97.1008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N363CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N363CK) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 100 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA340) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180609007469A

## Narrative

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

ON 6/9/19 AROUND 13:00 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME,  N363CK A CESSNA 172S, WAS EXECUTING A SECOND TOUCH AND GO AT HILLSBORO AIRPORT (KINJ), THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, STATED HE CAME IN TOO FAST AND HIGH. HE BOUNCED THE PLANE AND IT STARTED TO PORPOISE. AFTER THE THIRD OF FOURTH BOUNCES, THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND SINCE THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY MULTIPLE TIMES.  WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE REPORTED FROM THE 150 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS GUSTING TO 16 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WERE REPORTED.

## 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 GAA18CA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA340), Jun 9, 2018: Cessna 172 (N363CK), Hillsboro, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and subsequent porpoise.

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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