# Incident 20171022020239I: Cessna 172R, Wilmington, NC, October 22, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2017, 12:00 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: Wilmington International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FFFA
- Location: 34.2712° N, 77.9029° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILMINGTON INTL (ILM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2712&lon=-77.9029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53340, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171022020239I

## Narrative

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

IT WAS REPORTED TO THE GSO FSDO BY THE DOM OF AIR WILMINGTON THAT THEIR PART 135 AIRCRAFT, N53340, HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL PANT,  AND FIREWALL.  MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FROM THE OPERATOR WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FLIGHT IN WHICH THE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED AND, THEREFORE, WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND FOR THAT FLIGHT.  INSPECTOR ALLEN VISITED THE OPERATOR ON 11/6/17 AND CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH THE OWNER OF AIR WILMINGTON, THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE, AND TWO OF THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO HAD RENTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TIME PERIOD THE DAMAGE WAS BELEIVED TO HAVE OCCURRED.  INSPECTOR ALLEN ALSO OBTAINED THE RENTAL RECORD FOR THE AIRCRAFT.  ALL PILOTS THAT RENTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TIME PERIOD THE DAMAGE WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE OCCURRED WERE CONTACTED/INTERVIEWED AND ALL STATED THAT THEY EXPERIENCED NO ABNORMALITIES DURING THEIR FLIGHTS AND DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED DURING ANY OF THEIR LANDINGS.

INSPECTOR ALLEN SPOKE TO THE NTSB CONCERNING THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THEY AGREED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL AND THIS EVENT WAS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

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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