# Incident 19850310022269I: Cessna 172P, Block Island, RI, March 10, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1985, 11:02 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1918° N, 71.5745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Block Island, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1918&lon=-71.5745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66090, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66090) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 82 total, 6 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850310022269I

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES ON TOUCHDOWN. PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT STOPPED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N66090 (3)

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

- [Accident 20190909020779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190909020779A), Sep 9, 2019: Cessna 172P (N66090), Deland, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot was conducting a supervised solo flight. While landing the aircraft touched down on nose wheel and began to poipose. After several bounces the…
- [Accident 20150417005439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150417005439A), Apr 17, 2015: Cessna 172P (N66090), Sebastian, FL, Substantial damage. The instrument-rated, commercial pilot of the Cessna 172 reported that he and a passenger took off in clear skies for an early morning trip from deland airport…
- [Accident 19871003058769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871003058769A), Oct 3, 1987: Cessna 172P (N66090), Hilton Head, SC, Substantial damage. Student made a crosswind landing. Bounced. Drifted left. Aircraft landed on grass. Hit a small ditch. Nosed over.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.