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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Plymouth, MI · February 26, 1978

Date: February 26, 1978 · 15:00 local
Place: Plymouth, MI
Airport: Mettetal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N738FF
Reported as: Cessna 172
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 72 total3 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N738FFRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17269938 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Directional control was lost on rollout in slight crosswind. Plane struck snowbank with slight damage to wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST ON ROLLOUT IN SLIGHT CROSSWIND. PLANE STRUCK SNOWBANK WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE TO WING TIP.