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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Batavia, NY · April 20, 2007

Date
April 20, 2007 · 09:45 local
Place
Batavia, NY
Airport
Genesee County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6171V
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360F1A6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
124 total14 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On Friday afternoon, April 20, 2007, aircraft renter, the pilot privacy data omitted experienced a prop strike after touchdown at the Genesee County Airport (gvq) in Batavia, NY. There was an approximate 9 knot left crosswind when the pilot privacy data omitted landed on runway 10. The pilot privacy data omitted related that after touchdown on the left main wheel then the right wheel came down with a roll to the right. The nose wheel came down and the tail lifted resulting in a prop strike. The pilot privacy data omitted taxied off the runway and reported the incident. Aircraft maintenance did an engine tear-down, inspected for damage, changed the prop and returned the aircraft to service. privacy data omitted This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 20, 2007, AIRCRAFT RENTER, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A PROP STRIKE AFTER TOUCHDOWN AT THE GENESEE COUNTY AIRPORT (GVQ) IN BATAVIA, NY. THERE WAS AN APPROXIMATE 9 KNOT LEFT CROSSWIND WHEN THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 10. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RELATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL THEN THE RIGHT WHEEL CAME DOWN WITH A ROLL TO THE RIGHT. THE NOSE WHEEL CAME DOWN AND THE TAIL LIFTED RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE DID AN ENGINE TEAR-DOWN, INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE, CHANGED THE PROP AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

Other reports on N6171V · 1

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