# Accident 20230909022119A: Cessna 172S, West Bend, WI, September 9, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2023, 10:35 local time
- Place: West Bend, WI
- Airport: West Bend
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4222° N, 88.1279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST BEND MUNI (ETB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4222&lon=-88.1279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N529ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N529ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230909022119A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT GRB-ETB. ON LANDING AT ETB, PILOT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, BELLY SKIN AND FORWARD FLOORBOARDS. THE STUDENT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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