# Incident 19860117003489I: Cessna 172M, Galveston, TX, January 17, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1986, 22:15 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1217U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860117003489I

## Narrative

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

LANDED WITH QUARTERING TAILWIND AND AIRCRAFT VEERED. TAIL RAISED UP, PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND. OVERINFLATED OLEO.

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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