# Incident 20020312004219I: Cessna 172N, Wasilla, AK, March 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2002, 19:45 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Wasilla Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5720° N, 149.5396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASILLA (IYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5720&lon=-149.5396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73813, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73813) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 156 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020312004219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 12, 2002, AT 1945 ALASKA DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA, CE-172 AIRPLANE, N73183, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING DESCENT TO ELMENDORF AIRDROME, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND REPORTED MINOR INJURIES, A NECK STRAIN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT INTENTIONS WERE TO PROCEED FROM ELMENDORF, ALASKA AND PROCEED TO THE DESIGNATED PRACTICE AREA OF GOOSE BAY. UPON RETURNING FROM GOOSE BAY TO ELMENDORF, ALASKA THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE CAUSING THE 60 LB. SURVIVAL KIT, LOCATED IN THE REAR BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT, TO PULL OUT OF ITS RESTRAINTS. CONSEQUENTLY, PUNCTURING THE REAR WINDOW. WHICH RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE REAR WINDSHIELD. THE RESULTING NOISE FROM THE REARAREA CAUSED THE PILOT TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TO ATC. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT UNEVENTFULLY AT THE WASILLA AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N73813 (2)

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

- [Accident 20070310002969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070310002969A), Mar 10, 2007: Cessna 172N (N73813), Birchwood, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Certified flight instructor (CFI) was providing dual instruction. Student pilot was solely at the controls while landing the airplane under the…
- [Accident 19920509013992A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920509013992A), May 9, 1992: Cessna 172 (N73813), Ruth Glacier, AK, Substantial damage. Was overtaken and right wing damaged by N1047F that was on converging course. Was unaware traffic radio frequency.

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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