# Incident 19850503022489I: Cessna 172E, Scottsdale, AZ, May 3, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1985, 08:00 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3983S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3983S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 25 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850503022489I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WINGTIP ON RUNWAY WHILE LANDING IN CROSSWIND. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER FOUND AFTER TAXI TO THE RAMP.

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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