# Incident 19990919033419I: Cessna 172N, Prescott, AZ, September 19, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1999, 09:51 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 129 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990919033419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED SHE ENCOUNTERED A CROSS-WIND DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 21L AT PRESCOTT-LOVE FIELD, ARIZONA.  AIRCRAFT WEATHER-VANED AND VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, AND NOSE WAS LOWERED.  PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.  PILOT'S STATEMENT ATTACHED.

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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