# Incident 20130811013769I: Cessna 172P, Sandusky, MI, August 11, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2013, 14:43 local time
- Place: Sandusky, MI
- Airport: Sandusky City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4556° N, 82.8418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDUSKY CITY (Y83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4556&lon=-82.8418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52267, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52267) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130811013769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AT Y83 FOR FLY-IN EVENT. DIRECTED TO TAXI AND PARK NEAR RED CAR BY EVENT GROUND PERSONNEL. PROCEEDED AS DIRECTED AND AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL FELL INTO APPROX 18' BLIND HOLE CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF PROPELLER.

AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTS AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL ROLLED OVER AND COLLAPSED AN OLD DRAIN TILE.

## Other reports on N52267 (1)

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

- [Incident 19891001058979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891001058979I), Oct 1, 1989: Cessna 172P (N52267), St Johns, MI. Engine lost power due to fuel starvation. Landed in a field. Found one half gallon of fuel in tanks.

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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