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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Columbia, MO · March 13, 2025

Date
March 13, 2025 · 11:57 local
Place
Columbia, MO
Airport
Columbia Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N75598
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
117 total112 in this make and model4 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.

Student pilot on solo flight. After normal approach, porpoised during landing flare causing nose-first landing with momentary propeller strike to runway. Student was able to taxi to parking spot. Post-flight inspection revealed both propeller damage and bent firewall. Engine mounts not bent.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO FLIGHT. AFTER NORMAL APPROACH, PORPOISED DURING LANDING FLARE CAUSING NOSE-FIRST LANDING WITH MOMENTARY PROPELLER STRIKE TO RUNWAY. STUDENT WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO PARKING SPOT. POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED BOTH PROPELLER DAMAGE AND BENT FIREWALL. ENGINE MOUNTS NOT BENT.