# Incident 20020521017979I: Cessna 172N, Williamsburg, VA, May 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2002, 09:21 local time
- Place: Williamsburg, VA
- Airport: Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2392° N, 76.7161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Williamsburg Jamestown Airport (JGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2392&lon=-76.7161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7320F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7320F) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521017979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT: 1) ON APPROACH TO LANDING, POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE WHEN HE FELT HE WOULD REACH THE RUNWAY. 2) THE AIRCRAFT DIPPED TO THE LEFT AND OFF CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. 3) HE DID NOT INITIATE A GO-AROUND AND STEERED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RUNWAY. INSPECTION OF THE RUNWAY INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT AT THE RUNWAY'S APPROACH END ON THE LEFT SIDE, THEN BOUNCED ONTO THE RUNWAY DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR, LEFT MAIN GEAR, AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N7320F (1)

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

- [Incident 20000221003469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000221003469I), Feb 21, 2000: Cessna 172N (N7320F), Warrenton, VA, Minor damage. Pilot was preforming touch and go's on runway 32 at Warrenton, VA (W66). The aircraft drifted to left side of runway because of wind. Pilot attempted to…

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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