# Incident 20190515004659I: Cessna 172M, Greenville, SC, May 15, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2019, 16:00 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Greenville Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 34.8479° N, 82.3500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (GMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8479&lon=-82.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50590, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50590) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190515004659I

## Narrative

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

N50590 DEPARTED GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (GMU) AT APPROXIMATELY 0954 FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT PATH WAS OVER GREENVILLE CITY, NORTHERN EASLEY AND THE CLEMSON AIRPORT AND ARRIVED BACK AT GMU AROUND 1109. DURING THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, THEY OBSERVED A HOLE UNDER THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE HOLE APPEARED TO BE FROM A BULLET THAT ENTERED THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE WING AND EXITED THROUGH THE TOP.  A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE GREENVILLE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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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