# Incident 20010619014039I: Cessna 172P, Dunkirk, NY, June 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2001, 15:40 local time
- Place: Dunkirk, NY
- Airport: Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4939° N, 79.2711° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY/DUNKIRK (DKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4939&lon=-79.2711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64834, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64834) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 60 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010619014039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 19, 2001 AT 1540 LOCAL TIME, N64834, CE-172, WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOES ON RUNWAY 24 AT DUNKIRK AIRPORT, DUNKIRK, NY. CONDITIONS WERE VFR WITH WINDS 270 8 KTS, SOME GUST WINDS.  ON THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO, THE STUDENT FLARED TOO HIGH ABOVE THE RUNWAY.  THE INSTRUCTOR ADDED POWER TO SOFTEN THE LANDING. THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE LEFT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED, THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT BACK, AND THE NOSE WHEEL WAS FLAT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N64834 (2)

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

- [Accident 19910816034709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910816034709A), Aug 16, 1991: Cessna 172P (N64834), Sandusky, OH, Substantial damage. Lost RPM indication beleived engine out. Fast high approach ran off end runway. Nosed over. Tach cable broken.
- [Incident 19830423021009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830423021009I), Apr 23, 1983: Cessna 172P (N64834), Belen, NM, Minor damage. Instructor experienced a rough engine on touch and go landing. Changed a magneto coil. Found a damaged firewall.

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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