# Incident 20030428007299I: Cessna 172N, Savannah, GA, April 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2003, 10:53 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733GK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733GK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 17 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/20030428007299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 28, 2003 MR. TORRES WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 36 AT SAVANNAH INT'L AIRPORT, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, (KSAV). ON LANDING MR. TORRES FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCH DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT, N733GK, A CESSNA 172N, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP IN THE GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT RECEIVING MINOR DAMAGE. MR. TORRES CONTACTED THE ATCT FOR ASSISTANCE. FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDED. AFTER FIRE AND RESCUE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR APPARENT DAMAGE. MR. TORRES TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE AIRCRAFT RAMP WITH FIRE AND RESCUE FOLLOWING. MR. TORRES TURNED THE AIRCRAFT OVER TO CHRIS KLEIN, MECHANIC FOR SAVANNAH AVIATION. MR. KLEIN STATED THERE WAS A SMALL NICK IN THE PROPELLER WITH A SMALL PIECE OF BLUE GLASS EMBEDDED IN IT. MR. KLEIN REPAIRED THE PROPELLER AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

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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