# Accident 20230705006609A: Cessna 172R, Burlington, VT, July 5, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2023, 03:25 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 6VFS
- Location: 44.4720° N, 73.1533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4720&lon=-73.1533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 121 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230705006609A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 05, 2023, AT 3:25PM LOCAL TIME, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS PERFORMING/DEMONSTRATING A SHORT FIELD LANDING WITH A STUDENT PILOT AT THE BURLINGTON VERMONT AIRPORT KBTV TO RUNWAY 01 IN A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT.  THE DEMONSTRATED SHORT FIELD LANDING APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY WAS TOO HIGH AND TOO FAST STATED BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLOAT BEYOND THE TOUCH DOWN POINT IN GROUND EFFECT.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE TWICE, AND CAUSING UNKNOWN DAMAGE AT THAT TIME TO THE NOSE WHEEL. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND AFTER THE SECOND BOUNCE AND RETURNED TO MAKE A NORMAL LANDING.  AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AND STOPPING ON THE RUNWAY EDGE.

## 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 CEN23LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA292), Jul 5, 2023: Cessna 172R (N64AF), Burlington, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.

## Other reports on N64AF (1)

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

- [Accident 20011020039492A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020039492A), Oct 20, 2001: Cessna 172R (N64AF), Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft was taxiing in after landing and had stopped to yield to another aircraft on an intersecting taxiway (per ATC instructions), when it was…

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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