# Incident 20000127002439I: Cessna 172N, Columbia, SC, January 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2000, 22:27 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1959F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 140 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000127002439I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON JANUARY 27TH AT 10:27PM AIRCRAFT N1959F A CE-172N OPERATED BY EAGLE AVIATION INC. AND PILOTED BY FRANCIS H. SMITH (CERT# 24865943)WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 11 AT CAE BY ATC. ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 11 THE PILOT NOTICED THE LANDING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN HE TURNED IT ON. AFTER LANDING HE SLOWED DOWN AND USED THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS TO MAINTAIN POSITION ON RUNWAY. THEN WHILE EXITING 11 ONTO HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY C. THE A/C HIT A 24 INCH. HIGH ICE BANK LEFT BY THE SNOW PLOWS EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE ICE BANK AND PITCHED FORWARD STRIKING THE PROP ON THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE A/C CAME TO REST THE PILOT SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN AND RADIOED THE TOWER. TWO AND A HALF HOURS LATER ANOTHER A/C STRUCK THIS SAME ICE BERM AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THEN AIRPORT OPERATIONS CLOSED TAXIWAY C AFTER THIS ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE SECOND A/C TO HIT THE SAME ICE BANK IN THE LAST 2.5 HOURS. PRELIMINARY RUNWAY INSPECTION BY THIS INSPECTOR DISCOVERED THAT ANOTHER ICE BANK 18-24" HIGH BLOCKED HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY E. THIS INSPECTOR ADVISED AIRPORT OPERATIONS THEY MIGHT WANT TO CLOSE THIS TAXIWAY ALSO. AIRPORT OPERATIONS THEN CLOSED RUNWAY 11/29 AND REMOVED ALL ICE AND SNOW     ACCUMULATIONS. AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT THE NOTAMS ON FILE WITH AND FSS INDICATED 18 INCH HIGH SNOW BERMS ON RUNWAY EDGES. WAYNE F. ROBINSON AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR

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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