# Incident 20200918012329I: Cessna 172K, Smyrna, TN, September 18, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2020, 11:44 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84162, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 175 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200918012329I

## Narrative

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

ON 09/18/2020 N84162 WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SECONDS AFTER HE LANDED ON RWY 32 AT KMQY WITH A CROSSWIND HIS LEFT WING DIPPED AND HIT THE GROUND. AT THE SAME TIME THE PROP ALSO CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ON THE LANDING GEAR AFTER IMPACT AND WAS ABLE TO BE TAXIED TO THE FBO. THE TOWER ADVISED THE WIND WAS 060 AT 18 JUST PRIOR TO LANDING. THE OFFICIAL METAR INDICATED WINDS 020 AT 10.

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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