# Incident 20050414006759I: Cessna 172S, Moultrie, GA, April 14, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Moultrie, GA
- Airport: Spence Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1377° N, 83.7041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPENCE (MUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1377&lon=-83.7041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37CJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37CJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050414006759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSPECTOR STATEMENT: FACTS: ON APRIL 15, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 EASTERN TIME, INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA O^ CALLED OUR OFFICE TO REPORT A CESSNA CE-172-SP, HAD ARRIVED AT EAGLE AVIATION, COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE) LOCATED IN WEST COLUMBIA, SC, FROM AN AIRPORT IN GEORGIA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OPERATED WITH A LARGE DENT IN THE LEFT WING. HE REQUESTED INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DA^ AND MYSELF COME TO EAGLE AVIATION TO INTERVIEW THE PILOT ABOUT THE INCIDENT. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DA^ AND MYSELF INTERVIEWED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ AT EAGLE AVIATION AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45 EASTERN TIME. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ ESCORTED US TO THE RAMP TO VIEW N37CJ, THE CESSNA 172-SP SHE HAD PILOTED FROM GEORGIA WITH DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT DESCRIBING THE WING STRIKE. SHE ALSO STATED SHE HAD NOT USED GOOD JUDGMENT WHEN SHE OPERATED N37CJ, WITH THE WING DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES FROM THE WING STRIKE OR FLIGHT TO CAE. INSPECTORS CONCLUSION: THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ PRESENTED HERSELF AS AN HONEST, WELL MEANING, LOW-TIME PILOT. SHE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE AND APPEARS TO HAVE A COMPLIANCE ATTITUDE.

## Other reports on N37CJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20041020026069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041020026069A), Oct 20, 2004: Cessna 172S (N37CJ), Columbia, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing on rwy 05 at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport (cae), Columbia, SC, the aircraft bounced several times, veered off the left side of the…

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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