# Incident 20041008031029I: Cessna 172, Skaneateles, NY, October 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2004, 17:45 local time
- Place: Skaneateles, NY
- Airport: Skaneateles Aero Drome Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9140° N, 76.4408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKANEATELES AERO DROME (6B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9140&lon=-76.4408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7969B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7969B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041008031029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY, 10/08/2004 AT 17:45 EST A CESSNA 172, REGISTERED TO PAT CONNELL, WHILE TAXIING AT SKANEATLES, NY, FROM A GRASS RUNWAY ACROSS A PAVED TAXIWAY AND BACK ONTO A GRASS TAXIWAY THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND CAUSED A PROP STRIKE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DIPPED AS IT DROPPED OFF THE PAVED TAXIWAY. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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