# Accident 20220619010699A: Cessna 172S, Fargo, ND, June 19, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2022, 18:00 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Fargo International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9222° N, 96.8160° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9222&lon=-96.8160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5256S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5256S) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,440 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220619010699A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS CONDUCTING DISCOVERY FLIGHT WITH STUDENT AND 2 ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS. AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 POUNDS OVERWEIGHT. STUDENT WAS AT CONTROLS DURING TOUCHDOWN AND RESISTED INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPT TO PULL ON YOKE. AIRCRAFT NOSEWHEEL IMPACTED RUNWAY ON TOUCHDOWN AND DAMAGED GEAR AND FIREWALL STRUCTURE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN22LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA281), Jun 19, 2022: Cessna 172S (N5256S), Fargo, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to adequately monitor the pilot flying, which resulted in a nose-wheel first hard landing.

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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