# Incident 20071020828369I: Cessna 172S, Marietta, GA, October 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2007, 18:39 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Airport: Dobbins Air Reserve Base (Atla
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9536° N, 84.5425° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marietta, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9536&lon=-84.5425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N985SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N985SP-2016-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071020828369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MISTAKENLY LANDED AT DOBBINS ARB W/OUT CONTACTING ATC. AFTER DEBRIEF WITH SECURITY HE THEN DEPARTED FOR ROME GA WITHOUT INSTRUCTOR ENDORSEMENT. A REQUEST WAS MADE OF THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO SURRENDER HIS STUDENT CERTIFICATE. HIS CERTIFICATE WAS RECEIVED IN THIS OFFICE 12/5/07.

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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