# Incident 19830422023759I: Cessna 172D, Sand Springs, MT, April 22, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1983, 18:30 local time
- Place: Sand Springs, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1008° N, 107.4856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sand Springs, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1008&lon=-107.4856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2412U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2412U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830422023759I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON AN UNIMPROVED GRASS STRIP. NOSE WHEEL DROPPED INTO A BADGER HOLE AND BROKE UPPER STRUT RETAINING BRACKET.

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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