# Incident 20040514035129I: Cessna 175A, Williams, AZ, May 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Williams, AZ
- Airport: Williams Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2495° N, 112.1910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Williams, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2495&lon=-112.1910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N973WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N973WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 65 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040514035129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS: WEATHER BRIEFING RECEIVED AT GEU PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF. UPON ARRIVAL AT WILLIAMS HE OVERFLEW THE AIRPORT AND OBSERVED THE WINDSOCKS. ALL THREE INDICATED CALM CONDITIONS. ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 HE VERIFIED BY WINDSOCK THAT THE WIND WAS STILL CALM. ON LANDING ROUNDOUT HE EXPERIENCED A WIND THAT LIFTED THE TAIL AND PUSHED THE NOSE OVER. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME. THE WIND UNDER THE TAIL PICKED UP THE TAIL AND THE MAIN GEAR CAME OFF THE GROUND AT THAT POINT THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. ONE STATEMENT HE MADE WAS THAT UPON LANDING HE PUSHED THE NOSE OVER SO THE AIRCRAFT WOULDN'T FLIP OVER.

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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