19911205058149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Blacksburg, VA · December 5, 1991

Date
December 5, 1991 · 16:10 local
Place
Blacksburg, VA
Airport
Virginia Tech Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N61891
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student allowed wing to drop on go around. Instructor took over. Lost control and hit runway marker.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ALLOWED WING TO DROP ON GO AROUND. INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER. LOST CONTROL AND HIT RUNWAY MARKER.