# Incident 20050904025629I: Cessna 175A, Weedsport, NY, September 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Weedsport, NY
- Airport: Whitfords Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0806° N, 76.5382° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITFORDS (B16), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0806&lon=-76.5382&mi=10
- Aircraft: N859Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N859Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A&6V335 series (registry code 27020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-6v335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A335B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,029 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050904025629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2005, AT 1100 EDT, A CESSNA AIRCRAFT CE-175-A, S/N 56306, N859Z, OPERATED BY PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH, AFTER LANDING AT THE WEEDSPORT-WHITFORDS AIRPORT (KB16). THE PILOT CONTACTED THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, AND REMOVED THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL PANTS, THEN RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED SLIGHTLY AND THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE WATERLOO-AIRTREK AIRPORT (KD93), WATERLOO, NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 EDT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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