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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Vermillion, SD · August 2, 2024

Date
August 2, 2024 · 12:00 local
Place
Vermillion, SD
Airport
Harold-Davidson Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N889SP
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
30 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left kspw at 10:30 local time headed for a multi stop solo cross country training flight. First stop was at kvmr. Crossed centerfield at kvmr setting up a left downwind for runway 30. Entered at tpa of 2,150. Proceeded through base on what felt like a normal landing. When turning final, I noticed that my altitude was higher than necessary for the runway. Reduced power early on final and crossed the runway numbers still higher than intended. Maintained airspeed at approximately the desired airspeed for landing (65 KTS) but came down at a much steeper angle than usual. The airplane contacted the runway and then bounced back up. Reduced back pressure on the controls which dropped the nose more than intended. The plane porpoised and on returning to the runway came in a nose low orientation. With the nose low, and the bounce hard, the front nose tire went flat and the propeller blades struck the runway. After taxiing to the taxiway, the plane was shut down to prevent further damage.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT KSPW AT 10:30 LOCAL TIME HEADED FOR A MULTI STOP SOLO CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT. FIRST STOP WAS AT KVMR. CROSSED CENTERFIELD AT KVMR SETTING UP A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 30. ENTERED AT TPA OF 2,150. PROCEEDED THROUGH BASE ON WHAT FELT LIKE A NORMAL LANDING. WHEN TURNING FINAL, I NOTICED THAT MY ALTITUDE WAS HIGHER THAN NECESSARY FOR THE RUNWAY. REDUCED POWER EARLY ON FINAL AND CROSSED THE RUNWAY NUMBERS STILL HIGHER THAN INTENDED. MAINTAINED AIRSPEED AT APPROXIMATELY THE DESIRED AIRSPEED FOR LANDING (65 KTS) BUT CAME DOWN AT A MUCH STEEPER ANGLE THAN USUAL. THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THEN BOUNCED BACK UP. REDUCED BACK PRESSURE ON THE CONTROLS WHICH DROPPED THE NOSE MORE THAN INTENDED. THE PLANE PORPOISED AND ON RETURNING TO THE RUNWAY CAME IN A NOSE LOW ORIENTATION. WITH THE NOSE LOW, AND THE BOUNCE HARD, THE FRONT NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT AND THE PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE RUNWAY. AFTER TAXIING TO THE TAXIWAY, THE PLANE WAS SHUT DOWN TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE.