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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Shreveport, LA · February 6, 2000

Date: February 6, 2000 · 18:40 local
Place: Shreveport, LA
Airport: Shreveport Downtown Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N13386
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total2,000 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N13386Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17262720 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) The aircraft departed harrison, AR, for dtn, privacy data omitted pilot states he misjudged altitude on final, striking tops of bare sweetgum trees short of runway. He added that the VASI for rwy 14 had been removed and the new ppapi not installed. He continued the approach and made an uneventful landing. Louisiana department of aviation officials conducted independent investigation that resulted in further displacement of the landing threshhold, trimming of the trees under the approach glide path and instructions to the airport to install the PAPI.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HARRISON, AR, FOR DTN, ^PRIVACY DATA O^ PILOT STATES HE MISJUDGED ALTITUDE ON FINAL, STRIKING TOPS OF BARE SWEETGUM TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY. HE ADDED THAT THE VASI FOR RWY 14 HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE NEW PPAPI NOT INSTALLED. HE CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION OFFICIALS CONDUCTED INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION THAT RESULTED IN FURTHER DISPLACEMENT OF THE LANDING THRESHHOLD, TRIMMING OF THE TREES UNDER THE APPROACH GLIDE PATH AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AIRPORT TO INSTALL THE PAPI.