# Accident 20220811022099A: Cessna C172, Greenville, SC, August 11, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2022, 11:46 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Greenville Downtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ED9S
- Location: 34.8479° N, 82.3500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (GMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8479&lon=-82.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5346K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5346K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 104 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220811022099A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT:

"WAS HEADING BACK FROM KHQU TO KGMU WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING. WAS TRANSFERRED OVER GREENVILLE TOWER ABOUT 20NM OUT. CONTACTED TOWER WITH INTENTIONS OF A FULL STOP, WAS INSTRUCTED TO ENTER RIGHT DOWNWIND RWY19 AND REPORT MIDFIELD. FLEW IN, REPORTED RIGHT MIDFIELD (1800FT) AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND. STARTED MY DESCENT A BEAM THE NUMBERS, KEPT DOWNWIND AT 90-80K ADDED 10 DEGREES FLAPS. TURNED BASE WITH AIRSPEED AT 80-75K WITH 500FPM DESCENT. THEN FINAL WITH 70-65K. CROSSED OVER THE NUMBERS AND WENT IDLE AND MAINTAINED LANDING AIRSPEED.

RIGHT WHEN I WENT INTO A FLARE, I FELT MY MAIN WHEELS TOUCH AND FELT A BIG BUMP FOLLOWED BY A BOUNCE. I TRIED TO ADD POWER TO CORRECT FOR BOUNCE AND CONTINUED TO PORPOISE. I NOTICED MY PROP STRIKE AND RUDDERS NOT WORKING SO I TRIED TO GET OFF OF THE RUNWAY. AIRPLANE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON RUNWAY 19.

AIRPORT CREW CAME OUT TO THE PLANE, TOWED IT OFF THE RUNWAY AND OVER TO SOUTHEAST RAMP."

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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