# Incident 20011021031689I: Cessna 172N, Pottsville, PA, October 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2001, 14:15 local time
- Place: Pottsville, PA
- Airport: Schuylkill Co/ Joe Zerbey Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7068° N, 76.3738° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCHUYLKILL COUNTY/JOE ZERBEY (ZER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7068&lon=-76.3738&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8268E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8268E) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 8 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011021031689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT INITIATED NORMAL LEFT HAND PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 29 @ ZER. PILOT STATED FINAL APPROACH PATH TO BE ABOVE NORMAL AND SELECTED TOUCHDOWN POINT @ MIDFIELD IN A LEFT WING LOW MANEUVER TO COMPENSATE FOR LEFT CROSSWIND. GUSTING, CROSSWIND CONDITIONS PREVAILED FROM THE LEFT AT TIME OF INCIDENT. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 10-20MPH, BASED ON DEFLECTION OF THE EXISTING WINDSOCK. DURING FLARE MANEUVER, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT WITH LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTING RUNWAY SURFACE, FOLLOWED BY RIGHT MAIN GEAR. PILOT DESCRIBED MAIN GEAR CONTACT AS A HARD BOUNCE. AIRCRAFT THEN PROCEEDED TO PITCH DOWN AND TRAVEL ON THE NOSE GEAR WITH A RIGHT WING DOWN CONDITION, RESULTING IN GROUND STRIKE TO PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING TIP. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED OFF RIGHT EDGE OF RUNWAY PAVEMENT AND CAME TO REST IN TURF ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. TOUCHDOWN, GROUND STRIKE OF PROPELLER/WING TIP AND FINAL RESTING PLACE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 1100 TO 1600 FEET FROM APPROACH THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 29. PILOT STATED HE CHOSE RUNWAY 29, INSTEAD OF INTERSECTING TURF RUNWAY 22 DUE TO AIRCRAFT FLYING CLUB INSURANCE PROHIBITION ON USE OF TURF RUNWAYS. TURF RUNWAY 22 WAS ORIENTED INTO PREVAILING WINDS AND AVAILABLEFOR USE.

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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