# Incident 19860617039669I: Cessna 172N, Saginaw, MI, June 17, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1986, 16:30 local time
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Airport: Tri City
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4177° N, 83.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saginaw, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4177&lon=-83.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739BV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739BV) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 54 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860617039669I

## Narrative

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

SOLO STUDENT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SIDE OF RUNWAY DURING CROSSWIND LANDING. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, STRUCK A LIGHT.

## Other reports on N739BV (1)

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

- [Accident 19840107001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840107001259A), Jan 7, 1984: Cessna 172N (N739BV), Holland, MI, Substantial damage. Landed on an angle to the runway. Ran off the runway into a snowbank and nosed over.

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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