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FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Stephensville, MT · July 2, 2022

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Date
July 2, 2022 · 13:30 local
Place
Stephensville, MT
Airport
Stevensville
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N93JS
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total58 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days
N93JSRegistered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17260936 · Built 1972Airframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

The PIC of privacy data omitted, is a student pilot. On 7/1/22 he did several satisfactory take offs and landings with his instructor, privacy data omitted. On 7/2/22, after discussing the flight, checking weather with his instructor, and doing a preflight, privacy data omitted departed mso and did a normal landing at salmon id (ksmn) with no issues. After a normal takeoff he departed for Stevensville, MT (32S). After completing two go-arounds (he came in a little high each time), the PIC landed at 32S. There was little wind and the aircraft touched down on the left main followed shortly by the right main.

When the front tire came down right after the aircraft started pulling hard to the right. The PIC pushed on the left rudder petal and it still pulled right, so he started pushing on the left brake to no avail. The aircraft went into the grass and the PIC started to brake with both feet. The aircraft went through the grass, hit a ditch, and then onto a taxi way. After completing a shut down on the taxiway, the pilot did a walk around and saw that the front tire was completely flat.

There was not enough damage for the NTSB to get involved. Neither the PIC nor the mechanic who is working on the aircraft know what caused the tire to go flat.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IS A STUDENT PILOT. ON 7/1/22 HE DID SEVERAL SATISFACTORY TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON 7/2/22, AFTER DISCUSSING THE FLIGHT, CHECKING WEATHER WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR, AND DOING A PREFLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED MSO AND DID A NORMAL LANDING AT SALMON ID (KSMN) WITH NO ISSUES. AFTER A NORMAL TAKEOFF HE DEPARTED FOR STEVENSVILLE, MT (32S). AFTER COMPLETING TWO GO-AROUNDS (HE CAME IN A LITTLE HIGH EACH TIME), THE PIC LANDED AT 32S. THERE WAS LITTLE WIND AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE RIGHT MAIN.

WHEN THE FRONT TIRE CAME DOWN RIGHT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STARTED PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT. THE PIC PUSHED ON THE LEFT RUDDER PETAL AND IT STILL PULLED RIGHT, SO HE STARTED PUSHING ON THE LEFT BRAKE TO NO AVAIL. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS AND THE PIC STARTED TO BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH THE GRASS, HIT A DITCH, AND THEN ONTO A TAXI WAY. AFTER COMPLETING A SHUT DOWN ON THE TAXIWAY, THE PILOT DID A WALK AROUND AND SAW THAT THE FRONT TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT.

THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH DAMAGE FOR THE NTSB TO GET INVOLVED. NEITHER THE PIC NOR THE MECHANIC WHO IS WORKING ON THE AIRCRAFT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE TIRE TO GO FLAT.