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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Gilbert, SC · October 24, 2010

Date
October 24, 2010 · 15:30 local
Place
Gilbert, SC
Airport
Whiteplains
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1969K
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
677 total520 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot indicated that he initiated an aborted takeoff on runway 27 at SC99. During the aborted takeoff and during the initial flare prior to landing, the airplane elevator touched the runway, scraping the elevator/stabilizer.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE INITIATED AN ABORTED TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 27 AT SC99. DURING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF AND DURING THE INITIAL FLARE PRIOR TO LANDING, THE AIRPLANE ELEVATOR TOUCHED THE RUNWAY, SCRAPING THE ELEVATOR/STABILIZER.

Other reports on N1969K · 1

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