# Incident 20240620006249I: Cessna 172M, Butler, PA, June 20, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2024, 09:00 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7IFS
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92141, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92141) (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: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240620006249I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A FIRST SOLO ON RUNWAY 08 AT BUTLER COUNTY AIRPORT.  PRIOR TO THE SOLO THE STUDENT PILOT FLEW WITH THEIR INSTRUCTOR AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THREE UNASSISTED TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS.  THE INSTRUCTOR THEN SENT THE STUDENT FOR THE SOLO FLIGHT.   THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON THE FIRST LANDING.   THE STUDENT PILOT ROUNDED OUT THE LANDING HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND THEN OVER FLARED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE RESULT WAS A BOUNCED LANDING FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 090@3KTS.

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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