# Incident 20050318005909I: Cessna 172K, Pantego, NC, March 18, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2005, 14:00 local time
- Place: Pantego, NC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5874° N, 76.6594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pantego, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5874&lon=-76.6594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7442G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7442G-2008-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050318005909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03-18-2005 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STARTED N7442G (CE-172). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ DOES NOT HOLD A PILOT CERTIFICATE OR A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS GOING TO PRACTICE HIS AIRCRAFT TAXI SKILLS, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ HAD NO INTENTION TO FLY, HE WAS ONLY PRACTICING HIS TAXIING SKILLS AND BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE GRASS RUNWAY WAS WET FROM TWO DAYS OF RAIN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ TAXIED UP THE RUNWAY AND TURNED AROUND TO RETURN. AS HE APPROACHED THE RUNWAY END HE APPLIED THE BRAKES IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FAST, THE RUNWAY WAS WET (SLICK GRASS), AND HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO A DITCH (10' DEEP AND APPROXIMATELY 15' ACROSS). THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT. SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ COMPLAINED OF BLURRY VISION. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS BLIND IN BOTH EYES.

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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