# Incident 20050615011649I: Cessna 172F, Bennington, VT, June 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bennington, VT
- Airport: William H Morse State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8913° N, 73.2464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM H MORSE STATE (DDH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8913&lon=-73.2464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5382R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5382R-2013-04-02) (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: 560 total, 480 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050615011649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING THE VOR APPROACH INTO BENNINGTON (DDH), HE RECALLED THAT THE NEAREST REPORTING STATION INDICATED WINDS WERE AT 260, WHICH INDICATED HE SHOULD USE RUNWAY 31. AS THE PIC BROKE OUT AT 1500 FEET AGL, WITH ABOUT 4 MILES VISIBILITY. ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 31, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT HE WAS SLIGHTLY HIGH, BUT THOUGHT HE COULD REACH THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT SETTLING DOWN AND HE WAS ABOUT TO OVERSHOOT THE RUNWAY. AT THIS TIME HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. AS HE WAS CLIMBING OUT HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD HIT SOMETHING. THE PILOT CLIMBED TO ABOUT 1000 FEET AND CHECKED THE WINDSOCK AND REALIZED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND DOWNWIND. THE PIC LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS DAMAGED ON BOTH SIDES FROM HITTING RUNWAY APPROACH LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N5382R (1)

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

- [Accident 20080427837609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080427837609A), Apr 27, 2008: Cessna 172F (N5382R), White Plains, NY, Destroyed. (-23) Cessna 172F N5382R s/n 17252917 was destroyed while attempting to land to khpn on 04/27/2008 at 2350 local. N5382R crashed into two sets of malsr light…

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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