# Incident 20091029050729I: Cessna 172S, Auburn, AL, October 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2009, 20:00 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Airport: Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6099° N, 85.4808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auburn, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6099&lon=-85.4808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N816KW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N816KW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 292 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091029050729I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICING ILS APPROACHES AT AUBURN, ALABAMA (AUO), AIRCRAFT HIT TREES ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 11. AIRCRAFT RECIEVED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES.  INCIDENT NUMBER: ISO0920100002

## Other reports on N816KW (1)

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

- [Incident 20080209010879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080209010879I), Feb 9, 2008: Cessna 172S (N816KW), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. (-23) Upon returning from a solo cross country flight from ponca city municipal airport (pnc) to Wichita mid Continent airport, (ict) the student pilot…

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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