# Incident 20010403012029I: Cessna 172M, Cincinnati, OH, April 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2001, 21:20 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2467° N, 84.3890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2467&lon=-84.3890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162HB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162HB-2017-10-24) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 87 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010403012029I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 3, 2001, AT 2120 EDT, A CESSNA 172M, N162HB, REGISTERED TO CO-OP AIRCRAFT SERVICE, CINCINNATI, OHIO COLLIDED WITH THE (VASI) VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATOR ON LANDING AT CINCINNATI BLUE ASH AIRPORT (ISZ) WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LEXINGTON BLUE GRASS AIRPORT (LEX) KENTUCKY ON APRIL 3, 2001 AT 2000 EDT.

## Other reports on N162HB (1)

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

- [Incident 20030719029619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030719029619I), Jul 19, 2003: Cessna 172M (N162HB), Cincinnati, OH. (-23) Aircraft departed blue ash airport and entered the luk class d airspace, turned around and proceeded back to blue ash. There was no communication with…

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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