# Incident 20000514017849I: Cessna 172M, Avon Park, FL, May 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2000, 16:52 local time
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Airport: Avon Park Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5897° N, 81.5073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avon Park, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5897&lon=-81.5073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6854H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6854H) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 75 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000514017849I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT REALIZED THAT HE WAS LANDING IN DOWN WIND CONDITION AND ATTEMOTED GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT HIT TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS AND THE PILOT ABORTED GO-AROUND ATTEMPT.

## Other reports on N6854H (1)

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

- [Incident 19800229031269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800229031269I), Feb 29, 1980: Cessna 172M (N6854H), Livonia, MI. Lost power in flight, landed in park. Engine restarted. Flight resumed. Suspect carburetor ice.

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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