# Accident 20200906020649A: Cessna 172M, Wilmington, DE, September 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2020, 18:45 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: Wilmington-New Castle
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7357&lon=-75.5321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19813, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19813) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 58 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200906020649A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2020, THE STUDENT PILOT OF N19813, A CESSNA 172, WAS RETURNING TO WILMINGTON AIRPORT ON THE SECOND LEG OF HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. THE WEATHER WAS VFR, WITH THE WINDS 190 DEGREES AT 11. ON THE APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 19 THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE MAIN WHEELS. THEN HE BOUNCED UP IN THE AIR AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, PROPELLER, AND FIRE WALL, UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, AND CLEARED THE RUNWAY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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