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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Warrenton, VA · January 29, 2002

Date: January 29, 2002 · 15:00 local
Place: Warrenton, VA
Airport: Warrenton-Fauquier Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N156ME
Reported as: Cessna 172S
Pilot’s flight hours: 330 total40 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N156MERegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S8435 · Built 2000 Airframe modelCessna 172S Engine modelLycoming IO-360-L2AReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After completing four full stop landings and one touch and go, on the final landing roll out the left main tire went flat. Aircraft began to veer left. Fight instructor assumed control of aircraft which continued to veer off the runway. Aircraft went off pavement into small grass drainage ditch at approximately 10 mph. Minor damage to stabilizer skin, no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER COMPLETING FOUR FULL STOP LANDINGS AND ONE TOUCH AND GO, ON THE FINAL LANDING ROLL OUT THE LEFT MAIN TIRE WENT FLAT. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER LEFT. FIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASSUMED CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WHICH CONTINUED TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF PAVEMENT INTO SMALL GRASS DRAINAGE DITCH AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. MINOR DAMAGE TO STABILIZER SKIN, NO INJURIES.