# Incident 20020704019329I: Cessna 172M, Amsterdam, NY, July 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2002, 09:30 local time
- Place: Amsterdam, NY
- Airport: Longwell Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0009° N, 74.1871° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Longwell Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0009&lon=-74.1871&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9885V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9885V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 250 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020704019329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LONGWELL AIRPORT JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN A WIND GUST FORCED THE AIRCRAFT OFF COURSE RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING IN THE SOFT MARSH ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SLOWED BY THE SOFT GROUND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N9885V (1)

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

- [Incident 19851006059159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851006059159I), Oct 6, 1985: Cessna 172M (N9885V), Romulus, NY. Pilot made unauthorized landing on Army airport. Gripper had failed on pilots prosthetic forearm.

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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