20031009028369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Kolignek, AK · October 9, 2003

Date
October 9, 2003 · 18:15 local
Place
Kolignek, AK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8600B
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total500 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The pilot ran into lowering conditions for weather and loss of daylight due to the time of day and opted to land on a ridge top instead of continuing on. Upon landing the aircraft pitched over causing the propeller to strike the ground causing minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT RAN INTO LOWERING CONDITIONS FOR WEATHER AND LOSS OF DAYLIGHT DUE TO THE TIME OF DAY AND OPTED TO LAND ON A RIDGE TOP INSTEAD OF CONTINUING ON. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.