# Incident 20030430007279I: Cessna 172N, Marietta, GA, April 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2003, 12:50 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mccollum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252ER) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 42 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030430007279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING FULL STOP TAXI BACKS AT MCCOLLUM AIRPORT (RYY), WHILE CFI WATCHED FROM THE GROUND. ON THE FIRST LANDING N252ER WAS APPROACHING RYY FROM THE WEST ON RUNWAY 9 WHEN THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL, RAN OFF THE LEFT (NORTH) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A 24" RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR FAIRING, AND ROLLED A FEW FEET BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI ACROSS THE GRASS, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT GOT STUCK IN A RUT. PILOT STATED, HIS SPEED OF APPROACH WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS A SMALL (2" X 2") DENT ON THE RT LANDING GEAR FAIRING. ONE RUNWAY LIGHT LENS AT RYY WAS BROKEN AND BENT. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED AND NO INJURIES REPORTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MR. ROBERSON'S CFI INITIALLY FLEW INTO RYY WITH  HIM AND WAS ON THE GROUND AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HIS INFORMATION FOLLOWS. NAME: JOHN THOMAS GUNN, CERT #258969986 (TT 3800 HRS, MAKE AND MODEL 500HRS)

## Other reports on N252ER (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890923036189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890923036189A), Sep 23, 1989: Cessna 172N (N252ER), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. Wing struck a blast deflector shield while turning in runup area.

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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