# Incident 20200712004739I: Cessna 172H, Kalamazoo, MI, July 12, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2020, 09:26 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122PW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N122PW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 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/20200712004739I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 12, 2020 AT 09:26 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT, N122PW, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  AND OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT PORPOISED DURING LANDING.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PRIVATE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KALAMAZOO AIRPORT (AZO) KALAMAZOO, MI AT APPROXIMATELY 09:15 EDT.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AND WAS SLIGHTLY FAST ON TOUCHDOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND HE FAILED TO MAKE THE PROPER CORRECTION AND THE SUBSEQUENT PORPOISE SHEARED THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER DAMAGE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND COWLING. THERE IS NO OBVIOUS MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

WEATHER AT AZO AIRPORT AT 13:30 ZULU WAS: WIND 030 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, SCATTERED 10,000 , TEMP 23C DEW POINT 18C AND ALTIMETER 2985.

## Other reports on N122PW (1)

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

- [Incident 19970710021709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970710021709I), Jul 10, 1997: Cessna 172H (N122PW), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. On 7/10/97 at 14:15 local, pilot was instructed to taxi into position and hold for take off on runway 18. Upon doing so he noticed the wind blowing the dust at…

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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