# Incident 20200225000389I: Cessna 172N, Johnstown, NY, February 25, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2020, 18:00 local time
- Place: Johnstown, NY
- Airport: Johnstown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BQVS
- Location: 43.0073° N, 74.3751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Johnstown, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0073&lon=-74.3751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5233E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5233E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200225000389I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IN A CESSNA 172. APPROACHING TO LAND IN VFR CONDITIONS WITH MINIMAL WIND AT THE JOHNSTOWN AIRPORT, IN NEW YORK. STUDENT LET AIRCRAFT GET TOO SLOW JUST PRIOR TO LANDING, RESULTING IN RAPID SINK RATE. LANDED JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO VERBALLY CORRECT THE STUDENT BY TELLING HIM TO INCREASE AIRSPEED AND LOWER PITCH BUT FAILED TO HELP PUT CORRECTION IN HIMSELF. RESULTED IN COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.

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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