# Incident 20030730020499I: Cessna 172N, Elkhart, IN, July 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2003, 18:00 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Elkhart Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7194° N, 86.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKHART MUNI (EKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-86.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6326F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6326F) (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*
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030730020499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHT WHILE ATTEMPTING A TOUCH AND GO PROCEDURE.

## Other reports on N6326F (1)

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

- [Accident 20001230040859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001230040859A), Dec 30, 2000: Cessna 172N (N6326F), Elkhart, IN, Substantial damage. (.4) On December 30, 2000, at 1142 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172N, N6326F, piloted by a certified flight instructor (CFI) and dual student, was…

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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