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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · South Saint Pau, MN · August 2, 2024

Date
August 2, 2024 · 14:47 local
Place
South Saint Pau, MN
Airport
South St Paul Municipal-Richard E F
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51840
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,121 total75 in this make and model187 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.

The PIC is a CFI training another CFI employed by the same flight school for his single engine seaplane rating, the PIC was not at the controls however he was the only person on board rated to fly the aircraft. After performing several water landings they returned to their home airport to land (hard surface landing). The PIC stated that on approach the two pilots on board were having a discussing an unrelated topic and failed to pull out the hard surface landing checklist. Neither pilot on board checked the landing gear configuration and the aircraft was landed on the asphalt runway with the landing gear up resulting in damage to the floats.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC IS A CFI TRAINING ANOTHER CFI EMPLOYED BY THE SAME FLIGHT SCHOOL FOR HIS SINGLE ENGINE SEAPLANE RATING, THE PIC WAS NOT AT THE CONTROLS HOWEVER HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD RATED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER PERFORMING SEVERAL WATER LANDINGS THEY RETURNED TO THEIR HOME AIRPORT TO LAND (HARD SURFACE LANDING). THE PIC STATED THAT ON APPROACH THE TWO PILOTS ON BOARD WERE HAVING A DISCUSSING AN UNRELATED TOPIC AND FAILED TO PULL OUT THE HARD SURFACE LANDING CHECKLIST. NEITHER PILOT ON BOARD CHECKED THE LANDING GEAR CONFIGURATION AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON THE ASPHALT RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE FLOATS.