# Incident 20190529005369I: Cessna 172S, Millville, NJ, May 29, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2019, 10:00 local time
- Place: Millville, NJ
- Airport: Millville Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4021° N, 75.0393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4021&lon=-75.0393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N346BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N346BS) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 228 total, 226 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190529005369I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/29/2019, AN INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT MILLVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, IN MILLVILLE, NJ (KMIV).  N346BS DEPARTED RUNWAY 28 AT MILLVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, AND PREPARED FOR A TOUCH AND GO. PRIOR TO LANDING AND IN THE FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RIGHT WHEEL AND BOUNCED SLIGHTLY. POWER WAS THEN APPLIED, APPROXIMATELY (1800 RPM). IN THE PROCESS, THE PILOT BROUGHT THE FLAPS FROM 30 DEGREES TO 20 DEGREES, AND ALLOWED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO POINT DOWN, AND WAS DESCENDING ONTO THE GROUND.

FULL POWER WAS ADDED FOR THE GO

AROUND AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A DESCENT TOWARDS THE RUNWAY. PRIOR TO THE HARD LANDING A PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT (A NON PILOT) YELLED OUT "PULL UP" AND THEY BOTH PULLED UP. THIS EXTREME ACTION CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPACT OF THE TAIL SKID AND RIGHT TIRE.

THE PASSENGER TOOK THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT UP TO 500 TO 1000 FEET, AND THEN GAVE THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND.

UNAWARE OF ANY EXISTING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS THEN FLEW TO CAPE MAY AIRPORT (KWWD), AND THEN TO WOODBINE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KOBI), AND THEN BACK TO MILLVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KMIV). THE NON PILOT FLEW THE LAST TWO LEGS.

AFTER TAXIING IN AND DEPLANING, THE PILOT IN COMMAND FLEW SOLO AND COMPLETED THREE MORE FULL STOP LANDINGS BY HERSELF. SHE THEN TAXIED IN TO THE FIXED BASED OPERATION AND SHUT DOWN.

THE NTSB HAD DOWNGRADED THIS EVENT FROM AN ACCIDENT TO AN INCIDENT. THIS CAME VIA EMAIL ON 08/28/2019 FROM PETER WENTZ. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT DID NOT RECEIVE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE ACCIDENT NUMBER (ERA19LA209) HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE NTSB DATA BASE. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.