# Incident 19940204004779I: Cessna 172L, East Tawan, MI, February 4, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1994, 19:45 local time
- Place: East Tawan, MI
- Airport: Iosco County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3128° N, 83.4223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IOSCO COUNTY (6D9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3128&lon=-83.4223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2836Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2836Q-2021-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 194 total, 184 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940204004779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT ATTEMPTED A SHORT FIELD LANDING, DUE TO ICE ON THE RUNWAY AND MISJUDGED HIS GLIDE PATH, LANDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY BY APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SNOW, PILOT LOST CONTROL AS AIRCRAFT BROKE THROUGH A SNOW RIDGE AT THE THRESHOLD CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO IMPACT THE SNOW BANK ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING TIP. ON FEBRUARY 4, 1994, A CERSSNA 172 N2836Q, PILOTED BY MR. LAWRENCE C. BRAINARD, IMPACTED A SNOW BANK WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP, WHILE ATTEMPTING A SHORT FIELD LANDING AT THE IOSCO COUNTY AIRPORT AT EAST TAWAS, MICHIGAN AT 7:45 PM EST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT/OWNER, MR. LAWRENCE C. BRAINARD, STATED THAT HE HAD ATTEMPTED ONE PRIOR LANDING AND DUE TO AIRCRAFT SPEED AND RUNWAY ICE CONDITIONS HE MADE A GO AROUND AND RETURNED FOR A SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, AT A SLOWER SPEED. ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT MR. BRAINARD STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD IN THE SNOW AND THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE RUNWAY, A RIDGE OF SNOW WAS ENCOUNTERED WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT IMPACT WITH A SNOW BANK ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP. CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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