# Incident 20240802014259I: Cessna 172P, South Saint Pau, MN, August 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2024, 14:47 local time
- Place: South Saint Pau, MN
- Airport: South St Paul Municipal-Richard E F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8571° N, 93.0329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH ST PAUL MUNI/RICHARD E FLEMING FLD (SGS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8571&lon=-93.0329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51840, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51840) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,121 total, 75 in this make and model, 187 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240802014259I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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