# Incident 19981031043399I: Cessna 172N, Saluda, VA, October 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Saluda, VA
- Airport: Hummel Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6036° N, 76.4465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUMMEL FLD (W75), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6036&lon=-76.4465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4834G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4834G-2013-08-22) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981031043399I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON LANDING AT W75, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4834G (2)

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

- [Incident 20050511008019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050511008019I), May 11, 2005: Cessna 172N (N4834G), Frenchville, ME, Minor damage. (-23) Flight instructor and pvt pilot student on a training flight conducting ground reference maneuvers experienced an engine malfunction. Both pilots state…
- [Accident 20011018031899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011018031899A), Oct 18, 2001: Cessna 172N (N4834G), Rchmond/Ashland, VA. (-23) The aircraft starter would not engage. A battery cart attached to the aircraft did not help. Knocking on the starter itself did not help. The line…

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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