# Incident 20150906015049I: Cessna 172M, Juneau, AK, September 6, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2015, 19:30 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Airport: Juneau International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.3547° N, 134.5785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JUNEAU INTL (JNU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3547&lon=-134.5785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20093, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20093) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150906015049I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF EVENT:	JUNEAU, AK (JNU): N20093, C172, N20093 REPORTED WHILE IN THE DOWNWIND THAT HE MAY HAVE HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT WHILE PERFORMING PATTERN WORK ON RUNWAY 8. AN ALERT2 WAS CALLED DUE TO POSSIBLE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION WITH BINOCULARS BY JNU ATCT, THEY IDENTIFIED A SINGLE RUNWAY LIGHT THAT HAD BEEN STRUCK. THE AIRCRAFT FLEW A LOW APPROACH, TOWER REPORTED LANDING GEAR APPEARED NORMAL AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, ARFF FOLLOWING BEHIND. RUNWAY WAS CLOSED SHORTLY AFTER DUE TO FOD, GLASS WAS REMOVED AND RUNWAY WAS REOPENED. TXT SENT; ADVSD; JNU FSDO & NTSB

9/7 0330Z

9/8 1200 ADT WITH IIC PRESENT, A & P/IA FROM WINGNUT AVIATION INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO DAMMAGE . INTERVIEWED PIC WHO STATED HE HAD BEEN DOING CLOSE PATTERN WORK (TOUCH & GOES) ON RWY 8. AS FLIGHT 66, A B-737, HAD REPORTED BARLO INTERSECTION (8 DME ON THE IJDL LOC) WHILE HE WAS DOWN WIND. JNU ATCT  INSTRUCTED HIM TO "MAKE SHORT APPROACH, CLEARED TOUCH AND GO, YOUR TRAFFIC IS AN AS JET INSIDE 8 DME." TURNING OVER THE FLOAT POND ONTO FINAL ABEAM CHARLIE TAXIWAY HE NOTED HE WAS NOT ALLIGNED WITH THE RWY AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND.

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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