# Incident 20241202019589I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Chandler, AZ, December 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2024, 12:00 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N740D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N740D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 469 total, 216 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241202019589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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