# Accident 20181203020669A: Cessna 172P, Monroe, NC, December 3, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2018, 18:15 local time
- Place: Monroe, NC
- Airport: Charlotte Executive Monroe Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0175° N, 80.6219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0175&lon=-80.6219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65773, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65773) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181203020669A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK RWY23 AT EQY AIRPORT. PILOT STATED THAT ON THIRD LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPOISE DURING FLARE, CLIPPED LEFT WING, FRONT GEAR COLLAPSED AND CAME TO REST LEFT OF RWY 23 IN THE VICINITY OF TWY A4.

## 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 GAA19CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA087), Dec 3, 2018: Cessna 172 (N65773), Monroe, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and nose landing gear collapse.

## Other reports on N65773 (3)

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

- [Accident 20200612008649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200612008649A), Jun 12, 2020: Cessna 172P (N65773), Bowling Green, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot was on final approach to land on rwy 31 at Bowling Green Municipal Airport (H19), had a hard landing and porpoised down the runway. Pilot took off again…
- [Incident 19970614034499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970614034499I), Jun 14, 1997: Cessna 172P (N65773), Earle, AR. Narrative: on June 14, 1997, at 2037 central daylight time, a Cessna 172, N65773, S/N17275876, registered to Douglas aviation, inc., operated by commercial…
- [Incident 19890326024279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890326024279I), Mar 26, 1989: Cessna 172P (N65773), Muscle Shoals, AL, Minor damage. Made hard landing and compressed the nose gear. No other damage.

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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