# Incident 20230803010109I: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, New Iberia, LA, August 3, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2023, 12:53 local time
- Place: New Iberia, LA
- Airport: Acadiana Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: L96J
- Location: 30.0378° N, 91.8839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ACADIANA RGNL (ARA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0378&lon=-91.8839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N179LC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N179LC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200-D (registry code 17409, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230803010109I

## Narrative

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

PILOT IS A STUDENT PILOT AND WAS PERFROMING SOLO FLIGHT.  PILOT WAS LANDING AND WAS MOVING TOO FAST AND LANDED EARLY.  AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE FIRST AND STARTED TO PORPOISE AND BOUNCE.  THE PILOT TRIED TO ABORT LANDING AND ADVANCED THE THROTTLE, WHICH MADE THE PORPOISE/BOUNCE WORSE.  PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE LANDING AND PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE CAME BACK DOWN THE AIRCRAFT WAS POINTED TOWARDS THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF RUNWAY.  PILOT APPLIED BRAKES BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO STOP BEFORE LEAVING THE RUNWAY.

THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY.

PILOT HAS OBTAINED ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAFFIC PATTERN PRACTICE, WHICH I HAVE CONFORMED WITH CFI.

## Other reports on N179LC (1)

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

- [Incident 20260617008659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260617008659I), Jun 17, 2026: Cessna Aircraft Co 162 (N179LC), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. During landing, the aircraft landed, bounced and lost the front wheel with a prop strike.

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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