# Incident 20031229035739I: Cessna 172E, Ridgeway, VA, December 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2003, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ridgeway, VA
- Airport: Pace Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5854° N, 79.8939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PACE (VA02), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5854&lon=-79.8939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3792S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3792S) (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: 394 total, 300 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031229035739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT, AS IT APPROACHED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18, DRIFTED OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE. BEFORE THE PILOT COULD CORRECT, A GUST OF WIND LIFTED UP THE LEFT WING, WHEREUPON, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN AND STRUCK THE GRASS RUNWAY FIRST WITH THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR THEN SHEARED OFF.

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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