# Incident 20200215002509I: Cessna 172R, Byron, CA, February 15, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2020, 11:00 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8756° N, 121.6421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byron, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8756&lon=-121.6421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91934, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91934) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 514 total, 9 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200215002509I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/15/20 I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A CFR 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT THAT INVOLVED A PROP STRIKE. THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM THE HAYWARD AIRPORT AND UPON PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO AT THE BYRON AIRPORT RETURNED TO HAYWARD WHERE THE PILOT DISCOVERED THE PROP STRIKE.

2/19/20 INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AT THE HWD AIRPORT. PROPELLER HAS DAMAGE ON ONE BLADE (SLIGHTLY GROUND DOWN) THE SECOND BLADE MISSING ABOUT 1-2 INCHES. LOWER ENGINE FIREWALL SHOWS SIGNS OF BUCKLING. FORWARD FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN BUCKLED. CABIN FORWARD FLOORS BUCKLED. UPPER T-BAR ON PILOTS SIDE CONTACTING INSTRUMENT PANEL STRUCTURE (YOKE VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD AND AFT. INSPECTED LOG BOOKS. CURRENT REQUIRED INSPECTIONS UP TO DATE.

MET WITH PILOT 2/19/20 WITH AN OPS INSPECTOR. PILOT DESCRIBED NO PROBLEMS WITH AIRCRAFT UPON DEPARTURE FROM HWD. DESCRIBED TOUCH AND GO INTO BYRON. IN THE LANDING FLARE THE PILOT RECALLS THE AIRPLANE BALLOONING, NOSING DOWN TO CORRECT AND FLARING AGAIN. THE AIRPLANE SANK REAL HARD AND TOUCHED DOWN FLATLY. PILOT COMPLETED TOUCH AND GO AND A RADIO COMMUNICATION FROM SOMEONE ON THE GROUND INDICATING TO THE PILOT THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD A PROP STRIKE. PILOT STATED HE PERFORMED A FLIGHT CHECK OF AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT WITH NO CONCERNS AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO HWD. UPON LANDING IN HWD PILOT TIED DOWN AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERED PROP 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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