# Incident 20030223014079I: Cessna 172P, Cross City, FL, February 23, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2003, 18:00 local time
- Place: Cross City, FL
- Airport: Cross City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6355° N, 83.1047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS CITY (CTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6355&lon=-83.1047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63959, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63959-2009-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 75 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030223014079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 23, 2003, AT 1800 EDT, A CESSNA 172, N63959, REGISTERED TO COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY INC. ON LANDING, THE PROP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED AFTER THE TWO MAINS TOUCHED THE GROUND A GUST OF WIND HIT THE TAIL CAUSING THE PROP TO HIT GROUND. WINDS WERE REPORTED AT TIME OF INCIDENT AT N/NE@5-10G20. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT TIME OF INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ORLANDO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA.

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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