# Incident 20240802009109I: Cessna 172S, Vermillion, SD, August 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2024, 12:00 local time
- Place: Vermillion, SD
- Airport: Harold-Davidson Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7653° N, 96.9343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAROLD DAVIDSON FLD (VMR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7653&lon=-96.9343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N889SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N889SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- 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/20240802009109I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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