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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 162 · Van Nuys, CA · June 17, 2026

Date: June 17, 2026 · 20:15 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N179LC
Reported as: Cessna 162
Reported engine: Continental O-200-D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 61 total61 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N179LCRegistered now · Cessna 162S/N 16200221 · Built 2012 Airframe modelCessna 162 Engine modelContinental O-200-D4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During landing, the aircraft landed, bounced and lost the front wheel with a prop strike.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, BOUNCED AND LOST THE FRONT WHEEL WITH A PROP STRIKE.

Other reports on N179LC · 1

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

Incident 20230803010109ILanding: Approach · New Iberia, LAPilot is a student pilot and was perfroming solo flight. Pilot was landing and was moving too fast and landed early. Aircraft landed nose first and started to porpoise and bounce. The pilot tried to abort landing and advanced the throttle, which made the…Aug 3, 2023 · No damage