| Crash location | 31.074445°N, 81.427778°W |
| Nearest city | Jekyll Island, GA
31.071300°N, 81.412600°W 0.9 miles away |
| Tail number | N53039 |
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| Accident date | 16 May 2010 |
| Aircraft type | Cessna 172S |
| Additional details: | None |
The pilot was landing on runway 36, a 3,715-foot long, 75-foot wide, asphalt runway. After touchdown the pilot noticed a nosewheel shimmy and "instinctively pulled back on the yoke to raise the nose to offload the strut." This caused the airplane to become airborne and bounce twice down the runway. The nose gear strut collapsed on the second impact, causing a prop strike and substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot stated that he had used "no real wind correction" for the approach, and did not report any mechanical abnormalities with the airplane. The recorded weather at an airport located 5 miles north of the accident site, about the time of the accident, reported winds from 220 degrees at 5 knots, with unrestricted visibility.
The pilot's loss of airplane control while landing with a crosswind.