# Accident 20200612008649A: Cessna 172P, Bowling Green, MO, June 12, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2020, 15:35 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, MO
- Airport: Bowling Green Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3700° N, 91.2192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3700&lon=-91.2192&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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 20 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200612008649A

## Narrative

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

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 TO GO AROUND FOR ANOTHER LANDING ATTEMPT AND UPON LANDING, PORPOISED AND BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR.  PILOT THEN DEPARTED BOWLING GREEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (H19) AND WENT ON TO LITCHFIELD AIRPORT (3LF).

## 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 CEN20CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA241), Jun 12, 2020: Cessna 172 (N65773), Bowling Green, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

## Other reports on N65773 (3)

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

- [Accident 20181203020669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181203020669A), Dec 3, 2018: Cessna 172P (N65773), Monroe, NC, Substantial damage. 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…
- [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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