# Accident 20190902014669A: Cessna 172S, La Grange, TX, September 2, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2019, 15:30 local time
- Place: La Grange, TX
- Airport: Fayette Regional Air Center Ai
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9083° N, 96.9500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9083&lon=-96.9500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N212BS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA302) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190902014669A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2019, AT 1551 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT) THE REPORTING INSPECTOR RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE FAA SOUTHWEST REGION OPERATIONS CENTER INDICATING THAT AROUND 1530 CDT, A STUDENT PILOT ON A CESSNA AIRCRAFT MODEL CE-172, REGISTRATION NUMBER N212BS, REPORTED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING AT FAYETTE REGIONAL AIR CENTER AIRPORT (3T5) IN LA GRANGE, TEXAS.

THE REPORTING INSPECTOR CONTACTED THE STUDENT PILOT?S INSTRUCTOR WHO INDICATED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, DEPARTED FROM EASTERWOOD AIRPORT (CLL) IN COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS ON HIS FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.

ACCORDING TO A WRITTEN STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY THE STUDENT PILOT, JUST BEFORE 1515 CDT HE FLEW ACROSS FAYETTE REGIONAL AIR CENTER AIRPORT (3T5) MIDFIELD AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1,300 FEET. HE NOTICED WINDSOCK WAS POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN 34. HE CALLED TRAFFIC FOR LEFT DOWNWIND. CALLED TRAFFIC FOR LEFT BASE AND FINAL. APPROACHED LIKE NORMAL, ON ROUND-OUT JUST BEFORE LANDING A GUST OF WIND CAME FROM HIS RIGHT LIFTED THE AIRPLANE AND SLAMMED THE AIRPLANE ONTO THE RUNWAY WHICH HE BELIEVE IS WHAT BROKE THE NOSE WHEEL. THE PLANE BOUNCED FROM THE IMPACT AND THEN CAME SKIDDING TO A STOP. THEN, HE SECURED THE AIRPLANE AND GOT OUT AND CALLED

HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2019, THE REPORTING INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AT 3T5 AIRPORT AND FOUND THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SUPPORTING BRACKETS WERE TORN OFF FROM THE FIREWALL AND THE AIRFRAME LOWER STRUCTURE RESULTING ON AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN19LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA302), Sep 2, 2019: Cessna 172 (N212BS), La Grange, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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