# Incident 20210410004599I: Cessna 172N, Carlsbad, CA, April 10, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2021, 11:55 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mc Clellan-Palomar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172SX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172SX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 130 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210410004599I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 10, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1155 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) OF N172SX, A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT, HIT AND BROKE AN AIRPORT APPROACH LIGHT, WHILE APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 24 AT PALOMAR AIRPORT IN CARLSBAD, CA (CRQ). N172SX SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL FAIRING. PIC STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD APPROACH, AND HE MISJUDGED HIS HEIGHT ABOVE THE SURFACE. FURTHER, THE PIC STATED THAT THE PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI) LIGHTS WERE ALL RED, THROUGHOUT HIS APPROACH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRPLANE. AFTER LANDING THE PIC STATED HE CONTACTED A MECHANIC VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE FROM HIS TELEPHONE, AND THE PIC STATED THAT THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE AIRPLANE WAS AIRWORTHY. INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR INTERVIEWED THE MECHANIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND HE CONCURRED WITH THE PIC, AND EMAILED OUR OFFICE A STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WHEEL FAIRING WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ASSEMBLY FOR COSMETIC REASONS.

## Other reports on N172SX (1)

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

- [Incident 20210302000869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210302000869I), Mar 2, 2021: Cessna 172N (N172SX), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Student pilot [privacy data omitted] lost control during the touchdown and rollout at myf, Montgomery Gibbs field, 3/2/2021. Winds were 220@ 8 -- runway in use…

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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