# Incident 20210717010839I: Cessna 172M, Columbia, CA, July 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2021, 12:45 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73015, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73015) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,627 total, 400 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210717010839I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 17, 2021, A CESSNA 172, N73015 WAS PERFORMING A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT AT THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT (O22) WHERE THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE A HARD LANDING, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND SUSTAINED A FLAT NOSE WHEEL TIRE. THE PILOT STATED ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17 THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPOISE AND ELECTED TO DO A GO-AROUND.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

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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