# Incident 20210520009369I: Cessna 172M, Hickory, NC, May 20, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2021, 15:45 local time
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7332° N, 81.3412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hickory, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7332&lon=-81.3412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13450, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13450) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210520009369I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 20, 2021, A STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED KUKF HEADING TO KHKY TO PRACTICE COMMUNICATIONS WITH A TOWERED AIRPORT AND TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. AWOS AT THE TIME REPORTED THE WINDS AS CALM AND VARIABLE. THE PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO.

THE PILOT MADE TWO PREVIOUS LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 24 WITH NO ISSUES AND DURING THE THIRD LANDING, CROSSWIND GUSTS WERE EXPERIENCED, PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE PILOT BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT BACK CLOSE TO CENTERLINE AND UPON TOUCH DOWN, BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE RESULTING IN THE LEFT WING TIP STRIKING THE RUNWAY, AND CAUSING THE LEFT WING OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE SKIN TO BECOME DISTORTED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN A THIRD TIME WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO CAUSE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLY TO SEPARATE FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK, RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE AGAINST THE GROUND. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK, NOW IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, SKIDDED ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE.

THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES OR DAMAGE OTHER THAN TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRPORT STAFF NOTIFIED EMERGENCY CREWS WHO RESPONDED AND REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY.

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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