# Incident 20131106025469I: Cessna 172I, Augusta, KS, November 6, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2013, 21:15 local time
- Place: Augusta, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6980° N, 96.9732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Augusta, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6980&lon=-96.9732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35754, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35754-2016-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131106025469I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED HIS PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY IN AUGUSTA, KS IN A CESSNA 172 (N35754) AT 2:40PM TO CONDUCT A PHOTO MISSION NEAR EUREKA, KS. AFTER COMPLETING THE MISSION, THE PILOT RETURN TO HIS PRIVATE RUNWAY AT 3:15PM. THE PILOT LANDED TOWARDS THE SOUTH IN A LIGHT WIND. UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR SANK INTO THE SOD RUNWAY AND BROKE COMPLETLY OFF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON-BOARD AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

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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