20220213001909I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Watsonville, CA · February 13, 2022

Date
February 13, 2022 · 16:30 local
Place
Watsonville, CA
Airport
Watsonville Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9510H
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot had control issues with the aircraft.

Pilot porpoised the aircraft on landing.

Pilot struck the ground hitting the propeller and causing the nose gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD CONTROL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

PILOT PORPOISED THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING.

PILOT STRUCK THE GROUND HITTING THE PROPELLER AND CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.