# Incident 20000206002199I: Cessna 172M, Shreveport, LA, February 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2000, 18:40 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Shreveport Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5408° N, 93.7438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN (DTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5408&lon=-93.7438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13386, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13386) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000206002199I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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