# Incident 20190506004129I: Cessna 172D, Grants, NM, May 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2019, 14:00 local time
- Place: Grants, NM
- Airport: Grants-Milan Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1673° N, 107.9021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANTS-MILAN MUNI (GNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1673&lon=-107.9021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2568U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2568U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190506004129I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 06, 2019, AT 1400 MST,  A CESSNA 172, N2568U, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, GROUND LOOPED WHILE LANDING ON RWY 31 AT GRANTS-MILLAN MUNICIPAL (GNT) AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE  PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN GALLUP NM. ON MAY 06, 2019 AT 1335 MST.

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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