# Incident 20230325011469I: Cessna 172M, Cartersville, GA, March 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2023, 12:00 local time
- Place: Cartersville, GA
- Airport: Cartersville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9GWS
- Location: 34.1231° N, 84.8487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARTERSVILLE (VPC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1231&lon=-84.8487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80210, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80210) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230325011469I

## Narrative

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

KVPC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CFI AND STUDENT INSTRUCTION FLIGHT. DURING LANDING APPROACH CFI AND STUDENT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE APPROPRIATE AIRSPEED 85KTS TO DEPLOY THE FIRST NOTCH OF FLAPS (10 DEGREE'S). DURING FLAP DEPLOYMENT, AIRSPEED APPROXIMATELY 85KTS, OUR AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED RIGHT HAND FLAP TRAVEL INTERUPTION. CFI TOOK ALL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND LANDED SAFELY AND UNEVENTFULLY AT KVPC CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA ON 03/25/2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 EDT.

GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED RIGHT FLAP HAD TRAVELED OUTBOARD IN THE FLAP TRACKS AND JAMMED AGAINST THE RIGHT AILERON CAUSING THE FLAP TO CREASE AND BUCKLE AT THE LEADING EDGE. RIGHT INBOARD AND OUTBOARD FLAP TRACKS AND FLAP TRACK ROLLERS SHOWED EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE, STRESS, AND EXCESSIVE WEAR. FLAP TRACK ROLLERS WERE SEIZED.

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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