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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Amarillo, TX · January 10, 2012

Date
January 10, 2012 · 14:50 local
Place
Amarillo, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N75929
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
427 total278 in this make and model4 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.

On 01-10-2012, N75292, a CE-172-N, operated by an FAA certified private pilot airman departed runway 22 to practice currency maneuvers in the practice area 10 miles to the west of the Amarillo rick husband international airport (ama), in Amarillo, Texas. The pilot returned to ama to practice takeoffs and landings on runway 4. The surface conditions were reported by the automated weather observation system (AWOS), winds were from the north (360 degrees), at 11 knots, 10 statute miles visibility, with clear skies. The temperature was 13 celsius with a minus 2 celsius dew point. The runway surface was dry. During the landing the aircraft landed in a low pitch attitude and banked right causing a propeller strike and minor damage to the right wing tip. The pilot was the sole occupant and was not injuered in the incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON 01-10-2012, N75292, A CE-172-N, OPERATED BY AN FAA CERTIFIED PRIVATE PILOT AIRMAN DEPARTED RUNWAY 22 TO PRACTICE CURRENCY MANEUVERS IN THE PRACTICE AREA 10 MILES TO THE WEST OF THE AMARILLO RICK HUSBAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AMA), IN AMARILLO, TEXAS. THE PILOT RETURNED TO AMA TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 4. THE SURFACE CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED BY THE AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM (AWOS), WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTH (360 DEGREES), AT 11 KNOTS, 10 STATUTE MILES VISIBILITY, WITH CLEAR SKIES. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 13 CELSIUS WITH A MINUS 2 CELSIUS DEW POINT. THE RUNWAY SURFACE WAS DRY. DURING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A LOW PITCH ATTITUDE AND BANKED RIGHT CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJUERED IN THE INCIDENT.