19980105005669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172G · East Hampton, NY · January 5, 1998

Date
January 5, 1998 · 13:05 local
Place
East Hampton, NY
Airport
East Hampton Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2981U
Reported as
Cessna 172G
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total6 in this make and model

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: pilot tried to straighten the nose of aircraft just before touchdown with right rudder. Crosswind was from his left to right. The right wheel touched down first. They bounced into the air, came back down and struck the prop and then the right wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN THE NOSE OF AIRCRAFT JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN WITH RIGHT RUDDER. CROSSWIND WAS FROM HIS LEFT TO RIGHT. THE RIGHT WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN FIRST. THEY BOUNCED INTO THE AIR, CAME BACK DOWN AND STRUCK THE PROP AND THEN THE RIGHT WING TIP.