# Incident 20111016026629I: Cessna 172N, Marana, AZ, October 16, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2011, 08:55 local time
- Place: Marana, AZ
- Airport: Tucson-Marana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4367° N, 111.2254° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marana, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4367&lon=-111.2254&mi=10
- Aircraft: N593TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N593TS-2012-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111016026629I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING, A QUARTERING TAILWIND GUST CAUSED THE TAIL TO LIFT CAUSING THE PROPELLER TIPS TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY.VISUAL INSPECTION FOUND NO DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR AND SUPPORT ASSEMBLIES.  THE PROPELLER TIPS ONLY SLIGHTLY CONTACTED THE PAVEMENT CAUSING SLIGHT DEFORMATION OF THE PROP TIPS.

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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