# Incident 20080629840339I: Cessna 172I, Bowling Green, KY, June 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2008, 16:45 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green-Warren County Rg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9903° N, 86.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9903&lon=-86.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8371L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8371L-2026-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 416 total, 280 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080629840339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6/29/2008 N8271L LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 WITH A LIGHT CROSSWIND.  PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT VEERRED IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT AND HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WHEN THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND HE SKIDDED OFF THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 21.  AFTER LEAVING THE PAVEMENT ONTO THE GRASS, THE PROPELLER STRUCK GRASS AND GROUND DAMAGING THE PROP BEFORE LEAVING THE PAVEMENT THE LEFT, PILOT SIDE, WING TIP DRAGGED ON THE PAVEMENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TIP.

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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