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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Sikeston, MO · February 6, 1979

Date: February 6, 1979 · 15:15 local
Place: Sikeston, MO
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8668B
Reported as: Cessna 172
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 110 total81 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8668BRegistered now · Cessna 172S/N 36368 · Built 1957 Airframe modelCessna 172 Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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.

Aircraft struck snow ridge on final approach, shearing off nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK SNOW RIDGE ON FINAL APPROACH, SHEARING OFF NOSE GEAR.