# Accident 20230922013759A: Cessna 172S, Midland, TX, September 22, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2023, 06:00 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0364° N, 102.1014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0364&lon=-102.1014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N391SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N391SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA421) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230922013759A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2023, AT 0600 CDT, A CESSNA 172S BOUNCED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED TERRAIN ADJACENT THE RUNWAY AND INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MIDLAND AIRPARK, MIDLAND, TX ON SEPTEMBER 22,2023 AT 0550 CDT.

## 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 CEN23LA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA421), Sep 22, 2023: Cessna 172S (N391SP), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, and the nose landing gear collapse.

## Other reports on N391SP (1)

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

- [Incident 20200408005089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200408005089I), Apr 8, 2020: Cessna 172S (N391SP), Midland, TX, No damage. On April 8, 2020, at approximately 1305 CDT, a Cessna 172S bearing registration number N391SP, after landing aircraft veered off of runway due to wind gust at…

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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