# Incident 19890129032619I: Cessna 172A, Inyokern, CA, January 29, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1989, 14:01 local time
- Place: Inyokern, CA
- Airport: Inyokern Kern County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6544° N, 117.8195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Inyokern, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6544&lon=-117.8195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7620T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7620T-1991-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890129032619I

## Narrative

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

BAD APPROACH. ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND. HIT A DOWNDRAFT AND MADE A HARD LANDING. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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