# Accident 20210406004609A: Cessna 172S, Orangeburg, SC, April 6, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2021, 13:00 local time
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Airport: Orangeburg Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4569° N, 80.8594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4569&lon=-80.8594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22467, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22467) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 27 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210406004609A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 6, 2021 AT APPOX 1300 EASTERN STANDARD TIME THIS AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A FRONT GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT ORANGEBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. COLLAPSING OF THE GEAR RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ENGINE FIREWALL. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO PROPERTY OR PERSONS WAS REPORTED.

INITIALLY A LANDING ON RUNWAY 05 WAS ATTEMPTED. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE POWER WAS APPLIED AND AIRCRAFT CLIMBED OUT. ANOTHER LANDING  ATTEMPT WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 35. AGAIN THE PROPOSING EFFECT BEGAN WHICH RESULTED IN THE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING AND DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL.

## 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 ERA21LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA180), Apr 6, 2021: Cessna 172S (N22467), Orangeburg, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N22467 (1)

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

- [Incident 20241005013949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241005013949I), Oct 5, 2024: Cessna 172S (N22467), West Columbia, SC, Minor damage. On Saturday October 5th at approximately 1330 hours a student and instructor performed three touch and go landings in preparation for the student's first solo…

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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