# Incident 20210604014819I: Cessna 172N, Big Bear, CA, June 4, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2021, 08:45 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2611° N, 116.8450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Bear City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2611&lon=-116.8450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9991G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9991G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210604014819I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN WAS APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26 (FIELD ELEV. 6752 MSL) AND THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED ABOUT 15 OR SO FEET INTO THE AIR. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT AS SPEED DECAYED A LOSS OF LIFT OCCURRED AND THAT THE A RAPID DESCENT ENSUED. AS POWER WAS APPLIED FOR A GO AROUND, THE ENGINE WAS NOT DEVELOPING ENOUGH THRUST TO RECOVER (AIR TEMP 80 DEG.) AS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH CONSIDERABLE FORCE. THE NOSEWHEEL WAS SHOVED INTO THE COWLING AND THE PROPELLER WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED UNDER POWER. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG WAS DEFORMED. THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR WOULD NOT REPLY TO MY INQUIRY FOR CLASSIFICATION.

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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