# Incident 20160719025299I: Cessna 172M, Knoxville, TN, July 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2016, 20:45 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Knoxville Downtown Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9638° N, 83.8737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN ISLAND (DKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9638&lon=-83.8737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13608, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13608-2018-05-30) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160719025299I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT NOSEWHEEL WAS DAMAGED DURING LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT  VEERED INTO A DITCH.  THE PIC WAS A STUDENT PILOT OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT SOLO.  THE NASHVILLE FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND CONFIRMED THAT IT HAD SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE NASHVILLE FSDO DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE FROM A HARD LANDING AND NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE PRIOR TO THE LANDING WAS APPARENT.

THE PIC STATED THAT HE HAD PERFORMED FOUR PREVIOUS TOUCH-AND-GOES PRIOR TO THE LANDING INCIDENT, AND ALL FOUR LANDINGS WERE SMOOTH.  THE PIC STATED THAT ON THE FIFTH LANDING EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL DURING THE TOUCHDOWN, HE PUSHED IN THE CARB HEAT AND RAISED THE FLAPS AFTER TOUCH-DOWN, HE HEARD A POP AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED LEFT.

## Other reports on N13608 (2)

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

- [Incident 20000217003009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000217003009I), Feb 17, 2000: Cessna 172M (N13608), Salinas, CA, Minor damage. Mr. Woodard is a student pilot who was on a flight to a local airport, Salinas, CA. [privacy data omitted] Mr. Woodard had the proper logbook indorsements.…
- [Accident 19860614024179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860614024179A), Jun 14, 1986: Cessna 172M (N13608), Arcade, NY, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed the end of the grass runway and flipped. Pilot misjudged braking action on wet grass.

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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