# Incident 20051029029799I: Cessna 337C, Ellijay, GA, October 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ellijay, GA
- Airport: Gilmer County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6282° N, 84.5266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILMER COUNTY (49A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6282&lon=-84.5266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2652S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2652S-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337C (registry code 2075712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337C
- Reported engine: CONT IO360CONT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051029029799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/01/2005 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND ASKED WHY HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ STATED THAT HE KNEW THAT HIS FRIEND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ HAD REPORTED IT, AND THAT HE THOUGHT THAT WAS SUFFICIENT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ SAW THE X'S ON THE GRASS, BUT NOT ON THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE, BUT THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE PERSON THAT HE WAS MEETING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ THAT THE RUNWAY WAS "OPEN." I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD FILED A FLIGHT PLAN. HE SAID THAT HE HAD NOT. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD CHECKED WITH FLIGHT SERVICE AT ALL, MAYBE ABOUT NOTAMS. HE SAID THAT HE GETS HIS WEATHER FROM THE TV BEFORE HIS FLIGHTS, AND THAT HE DID NOT CALL FLIGHT SERVICE. I ASKED HIM WHY HE LANDED AT A CLOSED AIRPORT. HE SAID THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ HAD TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS OPEN AND THAT IT HAD BEEN REPORTED AS OPEN IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. (INSPECTOR COMMENT FROM E-MAIL SENT 01/12/06: THERE WERE NO INJURIES ON THE INCIDENT. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND HE IS FINE. IT WAS JUST A HARD LANDING).

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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