# Incident 20050108000079I: Cessna 172F, Raton, NM, January 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2005, 14:00 local time
- Place: Raton, NM
- Airport: Raton Municipal/Crews Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7424° N, 104.5017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RATON MUNI/CREWS FLD (RTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7424&lon=-104.5017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5235F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5235F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 169 total, 104 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050108000079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 8, 2005, AT 1400 MST, A CESSNA 172, N5235F, REGISTERED TO UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, MARCH AERO CLUB, MARCH AFB, CALIFORNIA, HAD A WINGTIP AND PROPELLER STRIKE THE GROUND ON TAKE-OFF AT RATON MUNICIPAL/CREWS FIELD, RATON, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

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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