20241202019589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 172S · Chandler, AZ · December 2, 2024

Date
December 2, 2024 · 12:00 local
Place
Chandler, AZ
Airport
Chandler Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
FQAS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N740D
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
469 total216 in this make and model86 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.

On December 2nd at around 1200PM local time the aircraft incurred a prop strike. The flight was instructional, and the student attempted a go around on the 4th pattern/landing but added power and reduced backpressure on the yoke causing the aircraft to sink towards the runway. The instructor pilot could not recover the descent in time, allowing the nose gear to fully compress and prop to strike the ground.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 2ND AT AROUND 1200PM LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED A PROP STRIKE. THE FLIGHT WAS INSTRUCTIONAL, AND THE STUDENT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND ON THE 4TH PATTERN/LANDING BUT ADDED POWER AND REDUCED BACKPRESSURE ON THE YOKE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SINK TOWARDS THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT COULD NOT RECOVER THE DESCENT IN TIME, ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO FULLY COMPRESS AND PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND.