# Incident 20121110025629I: Cessna 172N, Meriden, CT, November 10, 2012 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 10, 2012, 20:15 local time - Place: Meriden, CT - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.5368° N, 72.7945° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meriden, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5368&lon=-72.7945&mi=10 - Aircraft: N101GG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101GG-2018-03-16) (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: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 1,127 total, 352 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121110025629I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. N101GG, A CESSNA 172N, DEPARTED SIMSBURY AIRPORT(4B9), CT AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 EST ON 11/10/2012. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND. HIS STUDENT FOR THIS FLIGHT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE WEATHER FOR DEPARTURE WAS VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS, CLEAR SKIES WITH NO MOON. DEPARTURE RUNWAY AT 4B9 WAS RUNWAY 21. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND THEY FLEW DIRECTLY USING GPS TO MERIDEN MARKHAM AIRPORT (MMK), MERIDEN, CT. THE WEATHER AT MMK WAS ALSO VFR WITH CALM WINDS. THE FAA "AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY" LISTING FOR MMK SAYS, "CALM WIND RWY 18", A NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE. RUNWAY 18 IS 3100 FEET LONG AND 75 FEET WIDE. THE DIRECTORY ALSO NOTES "TREE" AND "CRANE" AS HAZARD/OBSTACLE INFORMATION FOR RWY 18. THEY ENTERED THE VISUAL PATTERN FOR RWY 18 AND DID TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RWY 18 WITH THE LANDING LIGHT ON. THE THIRD APPROACH TO RWY 18 WAS DONE WITH THE LANDING LIGHT OFF FOR "INOPERATIVE LANDING LIGHT" PRACTICE. ON SHORT FINAL, THE CFI REPORTED IN HIS STATEMENT THAT HE, "FELT THE AIRCRAFT PULL TO THE LEFT FOR A SECOND THEN IT STRAIGHTENED OUT". THE CFI CALLED FOR A "GO AROUND" AND A NORMAL GO AROUND WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD FLOWN THE THREE APPROACHES AND ALSO PERFORMED THE GO AROUND. THE CFI THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED A CONTROLLABILITY CHECK AT PATTERN ALTITUDE (1100 FEET MSL). SATISFIED WITH THE AIRPLANE'S HANDLING, THE CFI RE-ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR RWY 36 AND MADE A FULL STOP LANDING. AFTER SHUTDOWN, THE CFI INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED, "THE LEFT WINGTIP PLASTIC PART WAS BROKEN AND THERE WAS A DENT IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING." MMK IS UNMANNED AFTER 1700L ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ON 11/11/12, N101GG WAS INSPECTED BY A LICENSED AIRFRAME AND POWER PLANT TECHNICIAN AND HE RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A ONE-TIME FERRY FLIGHT TO 4B9, SIMSBURY (CT) AIRPORT. THE FAA LEARNED OF THIS INCIDENT ON THE AFTERNOON OF 11/14/12 THROUGH AN EMAIL COMPLAINT FILED BY THE MMK INTERIM MANAGER, JEFF PRICE. ON 11/15/12, I INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AT 4B9. I NOTED DAMAGE/MULTIPLE DENTS TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE THAT EXTENDED FROM THE OUTBOARD TIP TO APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET INBOARD. THIS PORTION OF THE LEADING EDGE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WING. THE PLASTIC LEFT WINGTIP WAS ALSO DAMAGED AND HAD BEEN REMOVED. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO A NUMBER OF LEFT WING LEADING EDGE RIBS. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING HAD NUMEROUS SCRAPE MARKS ON THE PAINT PERPENDICULAR TO THE LEADING EDGE AND CONSISTENT WITH A FLIGHT THROUGH TREE BRANCHES. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE AIRCRAFT TO INCLUDE PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR OR UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.