# Incident 20030203007829I: Cessna 172K, Winfield, PA, February 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2003, 15:00 local time
- Place: Winfield, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8947° N, 76.8603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winfield, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8947&lon=-76.8603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79224, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,334 total, 750 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/20030203007829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A FEW MINUTES FOLLOWING DEPARTURE FROM PENN VALLEY AIRPORT (SEG) THE PILOT SUSPECTED HIS AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE HAD DEVELOPED CARBURETOR ICE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A GRASS AIRFIELD OWNED BY THE PILOT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE HIS APPROACH TOO HIGH AND FAST (70-75 MPH). HE SET HIS FLAPS AT 12 DEGREES, TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED, AND PRECEDED APPROXIMATELY 450' FROM TOUCHDOWN PAST THE RUNWAY OVER A CORNFIELD AND STRUCK HIS NEIGHBOR'S BARN WITH THE SPINNER OF SUBJECT AIRCRAFT.

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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