# Incident 20050415005769I: Cessna 172RG, Worcester, MA, April 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2005, 08:15 local time
- Place: Worcester, MA
- Airport: Worcester Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2671° N, 71.8756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WORCESTER RGNL (ORH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2671&lon=-71.8756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6215V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6215V-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 58 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050415005769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS STATED BY THE PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT APPROXIMATELY 07:50 A.M. ON FRIDAY APRIL 15, 2005 HE WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOES AT WORCESTER AIRPORT (ORH). AFTER COMPLETING ONE (1) TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 33 HE REQUESTED TO SWITCH TO RUNWAY 11. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED HE WAS FLARING THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING AND A GUST OF WIND CAUSED HIM TO TOUCH DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL FIRST. AFTER TAXIING BACK TO SWISSPORT AND SHUTTING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED HIS PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT ABOUT TWO (2) INCHES ON EACH END.

## Other reports on N6215V (1)

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

- [Incident 20020818021759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020818021759I), Aug 18, 2002: Cessna 172RG (N6215V), Coralsprings, FL. (-23) Mr. Shimon kazes was the pilot in command of CE-172RG, N6215V, departed kfxe at about 1500. He went out to a local training area. About 30 minutes into…

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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