# Incident 19970119000549I: Cessna 172M, Rockwall, TX, January 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Rockwall, TX
- Airport: Rockwall Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9306° N, 96.4355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Rockwall Municipal Airport (F46), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9306&lon=-96.4355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12122 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970119000549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 19, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 CST, MR. DOUGLAS F. EARLY, PRIVATE PILOT, LANDED A CESSNA 172, N12122 AT F46, ROCKWALL, TEXAS AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING TIP, LANDING GEAR, AND LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AFT AT REAR SEAT. WEATHER NOT A FACTOR. PILOT SKILL IN QUESTION. DALLAS INCIDENT 97ISW05012.

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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