# Accident 20200808018529A: Cessna 172N, Centennial, CO, August 8, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2020, 17:45 local time
- Place: Centennial, CO
- Airport: Centennial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5800° N, 104.8606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5800&lon=-104.8606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79110, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79110-2022-01-11) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 19 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA340) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200808018529A

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS THE STUDENT'S FIRST LANDING OF HIS FIRST SOLO. TOO MUCH SPEED IN THE FLARE ULTIMATELY LED TO A CLIMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT AND THEN A DESCENT, LANDING EITHER ON THE NOSE WHEEL OR ALL THREE WHEELS AT ONCE AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE, LEADING TO A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND AT SOME POINT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE NOSE WHEEL. A RUNWAY LIGHT WAS STRUCK ALSO WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN20CA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA340), Aug 8, 2020: Cessna 172 (N79110), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot misjudged the landing flare which resulted in a loss of control and a hard bounced landing.

## Other reports on N79110 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780811037369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780811037369I), Aug 11, 1978: Cessna 172 (N79110), Huntsville, TX, Minor damage. Pilot landed on portin of runway under construction, nose gear collapsed.

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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