# Incident 20181003016639I: Cessna 172M, Middletown, PA, October 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2018, 20:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg Int.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80788, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80788) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,745 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181003016639I

## Narrative

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

PIC COMPLETED THREE LANDINGS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. THE FOURTH LANDING WAS A SHORT APPROACH. PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING WITH INBOUND TRAFFIC BEHIND HIM. PIC STATED HE WANTED TO ENSURE HE WAS CLEAR OF RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST PRIOR TO TAXIWAY F, STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT, PROCEEDED THROUGH THE TAXIWAY F OPENING BEFORE STRIKING 1 TAXIWAY EDGE LIGHT AND 2 MORE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS . IT IS UNCLEAR WHERE THE AIRCRAFT REENTERED THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT SURFACE AS HIA AIRPORT OPERATIONS STAFF WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY TIRE TRACKS. TAXI TO THE RAMP WAS UNEVENTFUL.

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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