# Incident 20000221003469I: Cessna 172N, Warrenton, VA, February 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2000, 13:10 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton-Fauquier Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5863° N, 77.7106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARRENTON/FAUQUIER (HWY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5863&lon=-77.7106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7320F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7320F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 153 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000221003469I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PREFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S ON RUNWAY 32 AT WARRENTON, VA (W66). THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY BECAUSE OF WIND.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF, BUT LANDED OFF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS AND MUD.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI ONTO RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE TIPS OF PROPELLOR.

## Other reports on N7320F (1)

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

- [Incident 20020521017979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521017979I), May 21, 2002: Cessna 172N (N7320F), Williamsburg, VA, Minor damage. (-23) According to the pilot's statement: 1) on approach to landing, power was reduced to idle when he felt he would reach the runway. 2) the aircraft dipped…

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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