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FAA incident report · Cessna 172I · Keene, NH · March 9, 2003

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Date
March 9, 2003 · 15:10 local
Place
Keene, NH
Airport
Dillant-Hopkins
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8413L
Reported as
Cessna 172I
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
27,580 total5,000 in this make and model
N8413LRegistered now · Cessna 172IS/N 17256613Airframe modelCessna 172IEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The Cessna 172 was stc'd into a Texas tail dragger (tail wheel installed). The winds at Keene were 260 at 30 gusting. The pilot elected to land on runway 32. The pilot stated that the winds were very gusty near the ground and he landed the aircraft successfully. While rolling to a stop, the aircraft was hit by a gust of wind lifting the tailwheel wheel and resulting in a prop strike on the runway and damage to the lower cowling. No injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE CESSNA 172 WAS STC'D INTO A TEXAS TAIL DRAGGER (TAIL WHEEL INSTALLED). THE WINDS AT KEENE WERE 260 AT 30 GUSTING. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE VERY GUSTY NEAR THE GROUND AND HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY. WHILE ROLLING TO A STOP, THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A GUST OF WIND LIFTING THE TAILWHEEL WHEEL AND RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE ON THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER COWLING. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.