# Accident 20221210020199A: Cessna 172N, Socorro, NM, December 10, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2022, 13:00 local time
- Place: Socorro, NM
- Airport: Soccoro Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0225° N, 106.9031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0225&lon=-106.9031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N422B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N422B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221210020199A

## Narrative

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

DATE AND TIME OF ACCIDENT: 12/10/2022 AT 13:00 LOCAL TIME

AIRCRAFT: C-172N

OWNER/OPERATOR: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

ACCIDENT TYPE: LANDING/LOSS OF CONTROL

PHASE OF OPERATION: LANDING

PURPOSE OF FLIGHT: SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY (STUDENT TRAINING)

FLIGHT PLAN: VERBAL WITH^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE: SUBSTANTIAL

INJURIES: NONE

PILOT CERTIFICATION: STUDENT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

ORIGIN OF FLIGHT: ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL (ABQ), 12/10/2022 AT 12:20 LOCAL.

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY TO SOCORRO AIRPORT (KONM).

ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING WITH FULL FLAPS, THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND BELOW A NORMAL APPROACH PROFILE. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE LAST INDICATED AIRSPEED NOTED WAS 55 KNOTS.

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE AND BOUNCED TWICE. THE PILOT ADDED POWER AFTER THE SECOND BOUNCE AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY AT AN APPROXIMATELY TEN FOOT ALTITUDE, STRIKING THE RISING GROUND WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT APPROXIMTELY 500 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY.

THE DAMAGED WING JAMMED THE EXIT DOOR AND THE PILOT WAS EXTRICATED BY AIRPORT PERSONELL.

THE PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

## 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 WPR23LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA062), Dec 10, 2022: Cessna 172N (N422B), Socorro, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing and loss of control in gusting wind.

## Other reports on N422B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170326000729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170326000729I), Mar 26, 2017: Cessna 172N (N422B), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On March 26, 2017, at 0930 MST, a Cessna CE-172N, N422B, registered to aeropointe partners inc., lost a nose tire while landing at Albuquerque international…

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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