# Incident 20220417002569I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, West Lafayette, IN, April 17, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2022, 12:00 local time
- Place: West Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CG9S
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N651PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N651PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 88 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220417002569I

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 LOCAL TIME, A CE-172S, N651PA, SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE UPON LANDING AT WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND WAS BEING OPERATED AS A 14 CFR PART 141 FLIGHT BY A PURDUE UNIVERSITY STUDENT.  DUE TO GUSTY WINDS, THE PILOT STATED HE BOUNCED AND TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM STRIKING THE NOSEWHEEL HE HELD THE CONTROLS IN THE UP ELEVATOR POSITION AND STRUCK THE TAIL ON TOUCHDOWN.  SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THE TAIL TIEDOWN WAS MISSING, WITH NO OTHER DAMAGE.

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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