# Accident 20250818015019A: Cessna 172M, Albany, OR, August 18, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2025, 16:30 local time
- Place: Albany, OR
- Airport: Albany Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6400° N, 123.0600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6400&lon=-123.0600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20490, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20490) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E2D (registry code 42123, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 732 total, 132 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA296) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250818015019A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 18, 2025, BETWEEN 1600-1720 PST, THE PILOT DEPARTED CORVALLIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CVO) DIRECT TO ALBANY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (S12). WHILE CONDUCTING CLOSED TRAFFIC AT S12, THE FIRST LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. ON THE SECOND LANDING THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING AND A PROPELLER STRIKE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, THEN RESTARTED AND COMPLETED FIVE ADDITIONAL LANDINGS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED DIRECT TO CVO AT 1720 PST TIME AND WAS SECURED WITH NO POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION PERFORMED. DAMAGED WAS DISCOVERED THE FOLLOWING DAY AUGUST 19, 2025. AUGUST 25, 2025, CERTIFIED A&P/IA PERFORMED A HARD LANDING INSPECTION MAKING THE AIRCRAFT UNAIRWORTHY DUE TO PROPELLER STRIKE, FIREWALL AND FUSELAGE DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR25LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA296), Aug 19, 2025: Cessna 172M (N20490), Albany, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare and subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N20490 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910526024099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910526024099I), May 26, 1991: Cessna 172M (N20490), Waterbury, CT, Minor damage. Pilot stated he landed long and ran off left side of runway. Hit a parked glider trailer.

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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