# Incident 20040403006689I: Cessna 172N, Fort Wayne, IN, April 3, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733VR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733VR) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040403006689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 32 AT (FWA) ON BOTH MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. PILOT INDICATED THE RIGHT WING CAME UP AND STARTED TO GO ON ITS NOSE WHEN THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. PILOT RECOVERED AND TAXIED TO THE FIXED BASE OF OPERATION AND SHUTDOWN ENGINE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT THAT BEGAN AT PUTMAN COUNTY AIRPORT WITH A STOP AT TOLEDO, OHIO THEN TO FORT WAYNE, IN.

## Other reports on N733VR (1)

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

- [Incident 19931105045269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931105045269I), Nov 5, 1993: Cessna 172N (N733VR), Smyrna, TN, Minor damage. Pilot stated nose wheel begin to shimmy on takeoff. Lost control. Bounced and sheared nose wheel 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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