# Incident 19931105045269I: Cessna 172N, Smyrna, TN, November 5, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1993, 17:50 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733VR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733VR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931105045269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED NOSE WHEEL BEGIN TO SHIMMY ON TAKEOFF. LOST CONTROL.BOUNCED AND SHEARED NOSE WHEEL OFF.

## Other reports on N733VR (1)

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

- [Incident 20040403006689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040403006689I), Apr 3, 2004: Cessna 172N (N733VR), Fort Wayne, IN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed runway 32 at (fwa) on both main and nose gear. Pilot indicated the right wing came up and started to go on its nose when the propeller…

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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