# Incident 20220924016379I: Cessna 172L, Topeka, KS, September 24, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2022, 16:30 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Topeka Phillip Billard Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4240Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4240Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 34 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220924016379I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS HIGH AND FAST UPON TURNING FINAL TO LAND. HE ADJUSTED THE AIMING POINT ON THE RUNWAY. HOWEVER, HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS STILL FAST FOR THE RECOMMENDED SPEED FOR THE AIRCRAFT. UPON FLARING HE BALLOONED AND PROCEEDED TO ADD POWER TO AID IN HIS TOUCHDOWN. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT LANDED MUCH HARDER THAN HE ANTICIPATED AND PROCEEDED TO BOUNCE. FINALLY, COMING BACK DOWN AND LANDED, AND UPON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR TIRE WENT FLAT AND LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO LEAVE THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS. IN THE PROCESS THE PROPELLER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE GROUND RECEIVING 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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