20221027016809A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Textron 172S · Tuskegee, AL · October 27, 2022

Date
October 27, 2022 · 16:05 local
Place
Tuskegee, AL
Airport
Moton Fld Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N858AU
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA23LA159
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,059 total

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.

On 10/27/2022 at 2208Z, privacy data omittedexperienced a hard landing on runway 13 causing damage to the left main gear strut, nose gear propeller, fire wall and motor mounts as well as substantial skin wrinkling where the tail attaches to the aircraft body right behind the cargo door location. Pilot was conducting flight instruction with a primary student at the time of landing.

As the FAA filed it

ON 10/27/2022 AT 2208Z, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT, NOSE GEAR PROPELLER, FIRE WALL AND MOTOR MOUNTS AS WELL AS SUBSTANTIAL SKIN WRINKLING WHERE THE TAIL ATTACHES TO THE AIRCRAFT BODY RIGHT BEHIND THE CARGO DOOR LOCATION. PILOT WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION WITH A PRIMARY STUDENT AT THE TIME OF LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.