# Accident 20240727010189A: Cessna 172P, Moultonborough, NH, July 27, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2024, 13:04 local time
- Place: Moultonborough, NH
- Airport: Moultonborough Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7675° N, 71.3876° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7675&lon=-71.3876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N291RP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N291RP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D2J (registry code 41595, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d2j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA329) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240727010189A

## Narrative

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

DRA EVENT ID: 877464, MOULTONBOROUGH, NH (4MB): C172 LANDED RUNWAY 2 NOSE FIRST CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO

SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN FLIP OVER.

POB: 1, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: SUBSTANTIAL. 07/27/2024

1718Z. REVIEW: ON JULY 27, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1304 LOCAL TIME, A TEXTRON CESSNA AIRCRAFT CE-172P IMPACTED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING AT MOULTONBOROUGH AIRPORT (4MB) IN MOULTONBOROUGH, NH. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR, ENGINE COWLINGS, AND POSSIBLY FIREWALL. PORTIONS OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT IN COMMAND WAS A STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, WITH CFI OBSERVING ON GROUND.

AS OF 08/26/2024, NO EVIDENCE OF ANY REGULATORY VIOLATION HAS BEEN FOUND.

## 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 ERA24LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA329), Jul 27, 2024: Cessna 172P (N291RP), Moultonborough, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper remedial response to a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N291RP (1)

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

- [Accident 20200226004269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200226004269A), Feb 26, 2020: Cessna 172P (N291RP), Everglades City, FL, Substantial damage. On 26FEB2020, aircraft registered as N291RP piloted by airman [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] private pilot [privacy data omitted] commercial…

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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