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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Portage Des Sio, MO · April 7, 2023

Date
April 7, 2023 · 03:53 local
Place
Portage Des Sio, MO
Airport
St. Charles County Regional Ai
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2737J
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
19 total17 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

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.

Student pilot was on solo flight. While attempting to land on runway 09 the aircraft bounced and the pilot lost control of the aircraft resulting in the nose land gear assembly fracturing and collasping. The propeller contacted the surface and was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON SOLO FLIGHT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 09 THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN THE NOSE LAND GEAR ASSEMBLY FRACTURING AND COLLASPING. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE SURFACE AND WAS DAMAGED.