# Incident 20020328004589I: Cessna 172N, Rchmond/Ashland, VA, March 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2002, 18:30 local time
- Place: Rchmond/Ashland, VA
- Airport: Hanover County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7089° N, 77.4366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANOVER COUNTY MUNI (OFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7089&lon=-77.4366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4947E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4947E-2010-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020328004589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FINAL APPROACH TO 16, THE TOUCH DOWN WAS NORMAL AND ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. AS THE PILOT STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE SEAT SLIPPED REARWARD, CAUSING THE PILOT TO APPLY MORE PRESSURE TO THE LEFT BRAKE. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF ONTO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRIKE A RUNWAY LIGHT FIXTURE WITH THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE SEAT TRACKS HAD BEEN RECENTLY REPLACED. BOTH THE STUDENT PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE COUNSELED.

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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