20210319007169I

ON MARCH 19, 2021 AT 18:20 CDT, N8863B S/N 36563 A CESSNA 172 SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER THE STUDENT PILOT AND CFI LOST CONTROL WHILE DOING TOUCH AND GO?S . THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY HARD, BOUNCING ONCE AND LANDING ON THE NOSE WHEEL INCURRING A PROP STRIKE, A CRACKED WINDSHIELD, AND A BLOWN TIRE AT PLEASANTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PLEASANTON, TEXAS. NO INJURUES REPORTED. THE VFR PART 91 FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM STINSON MUNICIPLE AIRPORT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.(SSF).

CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATEMENT VERBATIM:

HELLO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^,

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY 3-19-2021.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND I HAD BEEN DOING A DEMO FLIGHT IN THE 172 TO SEE IF HE WOULD LIKE TO TRAIN IN THAT AIRCRAFT. WE HAD BEEN IN THE WESTERN PRACTICE AREA, SOUTH OF STINSON MUNI PRACTICING DIFFERENT VFR FLIGHT MANEUVERS. WE HAD NOTICED A DELAYED RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE WHEN GOING FROM IDLE POWER TO FULL POWER QUICKLY, AS ONE DOES WHEN RECOVERING FROM A POWER OFF STALL. WE FLEW TO PLEASANTON TO PRACTICE NORMAL LANDINGS, AND THE FIRST TWO HAD GONE WELL. ON THE THIRD APPROACH TO LANDING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD TURNED INTO FINAL TOO HIGH AND WE NEEDED TO LOSE ALTITUDE. HE INITIATED A FOREWORD SLIP TO GET BACK ONTO GLIDE SLOPE, BUT SLIPPED TOO LONG AND WE BECAME TOO LOW AND SLOW. NOAH AND I BOTH REALIZED THAT IT WOULDN?T BE SAFE TO TRY AND CONTINUE THE LANDING, AND HE INCREASED THE THROTTLE TO FULL IN ORDER TO DO A GO-AROUND. I SAW HIM INCREASE THE THROTTLE SO I DID NOT TAKE THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AT THIS TIME, BELIEVING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A SAFE GO-AROUND. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO THE POWER INCREASE AND WE CONTINUED DESCENDING TOWARDS THE RUNWAY. IN AN ATTEMPT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADDED SOME BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOLK TO RAISE THE NOSE SO THAT THE MAIN GEAR WOULD TOUCH DOWN FIRST. WHEN HE RAISED THE NOSE I THINK THE AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY YAWED TO THE LEFT CAUSING US TO TOUCH DOWN HARD ON THE MAIN GEAR WITH SIDE-LOAD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED FROM THE FORCE OF TOUCHDOWN, AND ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN LANDED NOSE-WHEEL FIRST. I BELIEVE THIS IS WHEN THE NOSE TIRE POPPED AND THE PROP HIT THE RUNWAY, BUT THE WHOLE ORDEAL HAPPENED QUICKLY SO I?M NOT POSITIVE.

I TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM NOAH SOMETIME BETWEEN THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND THE SECOND. WHEN I DID SO I COULD TELL WE WERE LOSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SO I BROUGHT THE POWER TO IDLE AND WE CAME TO A STOP A FEW FEET TO THE LEFT

OF THE RUNWAY, IN THE GRASS. I CAN?T REMEMBER IF THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED OR NOT DESPITE THE THROTTLE BEING FULL OPEN FOR ABOUT 10-30 SECONDS.

AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND CHECKING THAT NEITHER OF US WERE INJURED, I DECIDED TO CAUTIOUSLY TAXI THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. IF THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE SOUNDED WRONG OR I FELT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNSAFE TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT I WOULD HAVE STOPPED AND SHUT DOWN. THE ENGINE SOUNDED FINE, AT THE TIME I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE PROP HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY. WHILE WE WERE TAXIING I

COULD TELL THAT THE NOSE TIRE HAD LIKELY POPPED. ONCE WE WERE PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE FBO WE SHUT DOWN THE 172, HOPPED OUT AND ASSESSED THE DAMAGE. I CALLED MY

BOSS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND SENT HIM PHOTOS OF THE TIRE, BENT PROP AND WINDSCREEN CRACK.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED MORE ELABORATION ON ANYTHING, OR IF ANYTHING I DESCRIBED WAS UNCLEAR.

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POST-INCIDENT:

N8863B WAS MOVED TO A HANGAR AT PEZ. THE FAA CONDUCTED A PARTIAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON APRIL 27, 2021. FAA ASI FOUND THE NOSE GEAR UPPER-FITTING ATTACH POINT FOR THE NOSE GEAR STRUT HAD 4 FASTENERS( RIVETS) LEFT SIDE WERE SHEARD FROM THE FIREWALL. THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE HAD BEEN REPLACED AND THE DAMAGED PROP HAD BEEN REMOVED AND WAS NOT INSPECTED.