# Incident 20000907023789I: Cessna 182P, Ithaca, NY, September 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2000, 20:45 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52974 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 40 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000907023789I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SEPTEMBER 7,2000, AT 2045 EST, A CESSNA CE-182-P, S/N 18262981, N52974, REGISTERED TO GRASS HOPPER FLYING CLUB, AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^, TAXIED INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH AT THE TOMPKINS COUNTY AIRPORT, ITHACA, NEWYORK. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE ENGINE/PROPELLER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STOPPAGE, AND THE TAIL CONE, AND RIGHT WING TIP FIBERGLASS FAIRING WERE CRACKED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO IFR FLIGHT WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DUCHESS COUNTY AIRPORT, POUGHKEEPSI, NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2000.

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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