# Incident 20010203005149I: Cessna 172N, Sandusky, OH, February 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2001, 14:15 local time
- Place: Sandusky, OH
- Airport: Griffing Sandusky Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4334° N, 82.6523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Griffing Sandusky Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4334&lon=-82.6523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2232E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2232E) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 18 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010203005149I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON FEBRUARY 3, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 EST, N2232E, CESSNA 172N, SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING AT GRIFFING-SANDUSKY (SKY) AIRPORT, SANDUSKY, OH. THE APPROPRIATELY RATED PILOT STATED THAT THE PLEASURE SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BURKE LAKEFRONT (BKL) AIRPORT AT 1300 THAT DAY.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, WEATHER BRIEFING WAS VIA COMPUTER.  NEITHER THE PILOT OR ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD SUFFERED ANY INJURIES.  THE PILOT STATED: A NORMAL PATTERN ENTRY WAS MADE TO RUNWAY 27, SURFACE WINDS TO BE FROM 200 DEGREES AT 09 KTS, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR HIM TO SLIP/SKID/BANK TO THE LEFT TO KEEP ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WITH THE STALL WARNING HORN ACTIVATING AT ABOUT 200' FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT, BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1000' FROM THE END AT 45 KTS.  HE SUCCESSFULLY TAXIED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND TO THE RAMP.  THE NOSE STRUT WAS FOUND TO BE COMPRESSES/FLAT.

## Other reports on N2232E (1)

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

- [Incident 20090916050469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090916050469I), Sep 16, 2009: Cessna 172N (N2232E), Cleveland, OH, No damage. Pilot departed cgf airport (usually departed from lnn) heading westbound intending to transition under the Cleveland class b airspace. Due to being closer to…

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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