# Accident 19960613013799A: Cessna 172K, Gardner, MA, June 13, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Gardner, MA
- Airport: Gardner Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5499° N, 72.0160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDNER MUNI (GDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5499&lon=-72.0160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7373G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7373G-1997-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 231 total, 56 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960613013799A

## Narrative

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

HIGH ON APPROACH TO LAND BUT TO SLOW AND TOO LATE TO GO AROUND. BOUNCED RAN OFF END RUNWAY. HIT REIL. NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC96LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA124), Jun 13, 1996: Cessna 172 (N7373G), Gardner, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot 's misjudgment of speed and distance during landing.

## Other reports on N7373G (1)

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

- [Incident 19790904034339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790904034339I), Sep 4, 1979: Cessna 172K (N7373G), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Assymetrical flap condition due to dry and dirty flap track. Push pull rod was bent. Pn 05323919.

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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