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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Cedar Key, FL · July 18, 1996

Date
July 18, 1996 · 18:30 local
Place
Cedar Key, FL
Airport
George T. Lewis Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8449E
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total400 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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.

Narrative: upon landing, the nose landing gear tire blew. After making a normal stop, the pilot decided not to taxi to the end of the runway for a turnoff due to the flat tire. Instead, while taxiing to cut across on the sandy surface, parallel to the runway, the front end sunk, resulting in propeller damage.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRE BLEW. AFTER MAKING A NORMAL STOP, THE PILOT DECIDED NOT TO TAXI TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY FOR A TURNOFF DUE TO THE FLAT TIRE. INSTEAD, WHILE TAXIING TO CUT ACROSS ON THE SANDY SURFACE, PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, THE FRONT END SUNK, RESULTING IN PROPELLER DAMAGE.