# Accident 20030528009599A: Cessna 172P, Newnan, GA, May 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2003, 17:55 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3403° N, 84.9011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3403&lon=-84.9011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6512K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6512K) (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 O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030528009599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED FFC AND FLEW TO CCO. WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 32 AT NEWNAN-COWETA AIRPORT THE PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOUCHING DOWN FOR THE SECOND TIME A GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT TRIED TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS PUSHED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. WHILE TRYING TO GET THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT AND SLOWED DOWN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT A RUNWAY SIGN. SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES AS IT CAME TO A STOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL03LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA097), May 28, 2003: Cessna 172P (N6512K), Newnan, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll that resulted in the collapse of the right main landing gear.

## Other reports on N6512K (1)

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

- [Incident 19940414023679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940414023679I), Apr 14, 1994: Cessna 172P (N6512K), Atlanta, GA. Taxied across an active runway with ATC clearance.

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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