# Incident 20031028032849I: Cessna 172E, Slaughter, LA, October 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2003
- Place: Slaughter, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7276° N, 91.1361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Slaughter, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7276&lon=-91.1361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3722S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3722S-2004-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 66 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031028032849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) "INDUSTRIAL INCIDENT-NO INTENT TO FLY". PILOT STATED HE HAD NOT COMPLETED A FLIGHT REVIEW. HE HAD CONTACTED SEVERAL LOCAL INSTRUCTORS TO ARRANGE FOR A REVIEW. IN THE MEANTIME, HE WOULD JUST HIGH SPEED TAXI THE AIRCRAFT ON HIS PRIVATE STRIP. THERE WAS NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT INDICATED A PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER HAD BOUNCED BEHIND THE RUDDER PEDALS. HE COULD NOT GET THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT TO AN OPEN AREA, HE CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD, LOCKED THE BRAKES, SKIDDED AND IMPACTED TWO PINE TREES. THE WINGS IMPACTED AND HIT WITH SUCH FORCE, SPARS WERE BENT AND EMPENNAGE ACCORDIONED. NTSB AND FSDO MANAGEMENT CONTACTED AND AGREED NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT. INCIDENT RECORDED FOR PURPOSES OF NOTING AIRCRAFT BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR.

## Other reports on N3722S (1)

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

- [Accident 19760215003479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760215003479A), Feb 15, 1976: Cessna 172E (N3722S), Chesterfield, VA, Substantial damage

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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