# Incident 20031029032029I: Cessna 172N, Elizabethton, TN, October 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2003, 17:38 local time
- Place: Elizabethton, TN
- Airport: Elizabethton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3712° N, 82.1733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Elizabethton Municipal Airport (0A9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3712&lon=-82.1733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737RC-2019-09-04) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,007 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031029032029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A SOFT FIELD APPROACH, AIRCRAFT LANDED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A TIRE MARKING THE RUNWAY SIDE LINE. TIRE BOUNCED UP AND STRUCK THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N737RC (1)

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

- [Incident 19870510023449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870510023449I), May 10, 1987: Cessna 172N (N737RC), Kokomo, IN, Minor damage. Solo student landed short. Aircraft struck the runway end marker on the runways left side.

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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