# Incident 20021228035739I: Cessna U206F, Thomaston, GA, December 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2002, 20:00 local time
- Place: Thomaston, GA
- Airport: Thomaston-Upson County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9550° N, 84.2641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THOMASTON-UPSON COUNTY (OPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9550&lon=-84.2641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1595U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1595U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 765 total, 545 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021228035739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FINAL TO RWY 30, A BUG FLEW INTO PILOT'S RIGHT EYE. PILOT GRABBED GLASSES AND RELEASED CONTROL YOKE. PLANE DROPPED SUDDENLY AND ACFT HIT APPROACH LIGHT. PILOT GRABBED YOKE AND LANDED ACFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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