# Incident 20230616010089I: Cessna 172RG, Bullhead City, AZ, June 16, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2023, 09:05 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin / Bullhead City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1546° N, 114.5593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD INTL (IFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1546&lon=-114.5593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172PE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172PE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230616010089I

## Narrative

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

PIC STATEMENT: ON JUNE 16, 2023, I WAS APPROACHING BULLHEAD AIRPORT, PREPARED TO LAND. AIR TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 84 DEG. F.  THE WIND WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 23 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 34 KNOTS, RUNWAY 34.  MY APPROACH SPEED WAS ABOUT 61 KNOTS.  AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT TEN FEET, THE PLANE LOST LIFT.   WE HAD A HARD LANDING, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N172PE (4)

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

- [Incident 20211226022859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211226022859I), Dec 26, 2021: Cessna 172RG (N172PE), Apple Valley, CA, Minor damage. Main landing gear (MLG) would not lower during descent. Attempted to fix while circling airfield. Nose landing gear extended but MLG only partially extended.…
- [Incident 20140406003899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140406003899I), Apr 6, 2014: Cessna 172RG (N172PE), Ewing Township, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot was practicing touch and go's in the aircraft, which was rented. During the landing sequence, the pilot was distracted by ATC and traffic around ttn and…
- [Incident 20020515011929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020515011929I), May 15, 2002: Cessna 172RG (N172PE), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Blumberg stated he failed to put landing gear dn while doing 3 landing go days at ptk. Minor damage to prop belly, minor sheet metal damage.
- [Incident 20010413012059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010413012059I), Apr 13, 2001: Cessna 172RG (N172PE), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-23)On April 13, 2001, N172PE a Cessna cutlass (172RG), piloted by owner [privacy data omitted] departed oakland-troy (7D2) for the purpose of a local…

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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