# Incident 20000219022449I: Cessna T303, Chicago, IL, February 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2000, 15:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Merrill C Meigs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N303DS-2003-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 303 (registry code 2073803, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T303
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 775 total, 210 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000219022449I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT THE BEGINNING TO THE RUNWAY ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. AFTER THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT TOWARDS THE WATER.  THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND.  THE ARICRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, HOWEVER, THE PILOT STATED IT COULD NOT BE SUSTAINED.  THE PILOT RE-ALIGNED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUNWAY, REDUCED POWER AND LANDED HARD TO STAY ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N303DS (1)

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

- [Incident 19950405014059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950405014059I), Apr 5, 1995: Cessna T303 (N303DS), Miami, FL. Turned on aircraft gasoline heater taxiing out. Advised smoke from nose. Turned heat off. Started heat improperly.

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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