# Incident 20200107004149I: Cessna 172M, Hickory, NC, January 7, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2020, 15:20 local time
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Airport: Hickory Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7411° N, 81.3896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HICKORY RGNL (HKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7411&lon=-81.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73453, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73453) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200107004149I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT INBOUND FOR LANDING RUNWAY 24, WHEN, AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND BLOWN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  WIND WAS REPORTED FROM THE WNW AT 14 GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WHEEL PANT AND ONE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N73453 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990110039249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990110039249I), Jan 10, 1999: Cessna 172M (N73453), Charleston, SC, Substantial damage. While taxing onto the grass tie down area, the pilot attempted to taxi around another aircraft (taxiing off the taxiway area in a grassy area), when the…

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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