# Incident 20210601004189I: Cessna 172S, Morrisville, NC, June 1, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2021, 10:43 local time
- Place: Morrisville, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: L48S
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N708LU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N708LU) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 268 total, 254 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210601004189I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED SHE WAS GIVEN A RUNWAY CHANGE AND THAT STARTED HER GETTING BEHIND THE AIRPLANE.  SHE WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE AND RUNNING THE CHECKLIST AND RESPONDING TO ATC BUT LOST TRACK OF HER SPEED AND FLAPS.  AS SHE GOT SET UP ON FINAL FOR THE NEW RUNWAY SHE REALIZED SHE WAS STILL FAST AND HAD NOT BROUGHT FLAPS PAST 10 DEGREES YET AND FELT SHE WAS TOO CLOSE TO CHANGE CONFIGURATION.  SO SHE ATTEMPTED TO FLY DOWN THE RUNWAY TO LOSE AIRSPEED.  THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND, HOWEVER NOSE TOUCHED DOWN FIRST, THEN MAINS WHICH STARTED A PORPOISE THAT GOT WORSE.  AFTER 2ND TO 3RD BOUNCE SHE INITIATED A GO-AROUND.

## Other reports on N708LU (1)

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

- [Accident 20251110017959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251110017959A), Nov 10, 2025: Cessna 172S (N708LU), Lynchburg, VA, Substantial damage. During an instructional flight the aircraft struck a bird on the leading edge of the right wing while in cruise flight. The PIC delcared an emergency and…

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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