# Incident 20200901016409I: Cessna 172S, Riverside, CA, September 1, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2020, 07:00 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N955SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N955SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200901016409I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF N955SP TOOK OFF FROM FLABOB AIRPORT ON 09/01/2020 SHORTLY BEFORE 0700.  HE WAS ENROUTE TO RIVERSIDE AIRPORT ABOUT 3-4 NM AWAY.

ONCE HE LANDED AT RIVERSIDE HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COME FROM THE AREA OF THE PROPELLER AND THEN IT WENT AWAY.  HE DECIDED TO PARK IN THE TRANSIENT AREA TO LOOK A THE PLANE IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE HEARD.

THE PILOT  REALIZED HE FORGOT TO REMOVE THE TOW BAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT AFTER HE COMPLETED HIS PREFLIGHT AT THE FLABOB AIRPORT.

AIRPORT PERSONNEL AT THE RIVERSIDE AIRPORT FOUND THE TOW BAR IN THE INFIELD BETWEEN RUNWAY 27 AND TAXIWAY B, WHICH PARALLELS RUNWAY 27.

A BEND IN THE PROPELLER WAS FOUND AT THE TIP OF ONE OF THE PROP BLADES AND SEVERAL RED MARKS FOUND ON THE BODY OF THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD THE FRONT.

NO OTHER DAMAGE FOUND.

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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