# Accident 20240415003649A: Cessna 172M, Shelbyville, TN, April 15, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2024, 13:07 local time
- Place: Shelbyville, TN
- Airport: Bomar Field-Shelbyville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5594° N, 86.4425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5594&lon=-86.4425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73605, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 19 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240415003649A

## Narrative

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

ON 4/15/2024, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF A CESSNA 172 WAS LANDING AT KSYI. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO BOUNCE UPON LANDING AND DAMAGED THE FRONT NOSE GEAR SLIDING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ONCE THE NOSEGEAR REACHED THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT, THE GEAR LODGED INTO THE GROUND AND FLIPPED THE AIRPLANE OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

## 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 ERA24LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA181), Apr 15, 2024: Cessna 172M (N73605), Shelbyville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control and subsequent runway excursion.

## Other reports on N73605 (1)

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

- [Incident 20090529047269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090529047269I), May 29, 2009: Cessna 172M (N73605), Bethel, AK, Minor damage. Airman indicated that he landed and applied the brakes overly hard and that the propeller struck the ground. The aircraft tires and nose strut were inspected…

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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