# Incident 20010314005899I: Cessna 172P, Beaver Falls, PA, March 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2001, 13:20 local time
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport: Beaver County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7725° N, 80.3914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER COUNTY (BVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7725&lon=-80.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51240, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 100 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010314005899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 3/14/01 AT 13:20E WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28 AT BEAVER COUNTY AIRPORT, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS IN A/C N51240, A CESSNA 172P. THE FIRST IMPACT MARKS WERE 38 FEET SHORT OF THE PHYSICAL END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE THREE DEEP TIRE IMPACT MARKS IN THE SOFT WET GROUND. THE NEXT MARKS FOUND WERE PROPELLER STRIKES. THESE WERE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY APPROX. 75 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT. THE A/C CAME TOR EST IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY POINTING DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROX. 30 FEET FROM THE SECOND MARKS. (A TOTAL OF 143 FEET FROM INITIAL IMPACT TO FINAL RESTING PLANE). THE NOSE GEAR TIRE WITH THE NOSE GEAR FORK ATTACHED WAS FOUND APPROX. 15 FEET IN FRONT THE A/C. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE CURLED FORWARD INVOLVING APPROX. ONE THIRD THE PROP DIAMETER. THE AIRFRAME SHOWED NO OUTWARD SIGNS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, IE. NO FIRE WALL DAAMGE. THERE WAS ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD AND HE WAS UNHURT. THIS IS BEING DOWN GRADED TO AN INCIDENT.

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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