# Incident 19940724031439I: Cessna 172M, Williamsport, PA, July 24, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1994, 14:06 local time
- Place: Williamsport, PA
- Airport: Williamsport-Lycoming County
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2400° N, 77.0356° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Williamsport, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2400&lon=-77.0356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12331, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12331) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,165 total, 300 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/19940724031439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1994, N12331, CESSNA C-172, OPERATING IN VFR CONDITIONS BY STUDENT PILOT, JEFFERY B. SIMS, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 12 AT WILLIAMSPORT-LYCOMING CO. AIRPORT (IPT) MONTOURSVILLE, PA. THE PILOT REPORTED A WIND SHIFT, DURING LANDING, AT A CHANGING RATE GREATER THAN HE COULD RESPOND. AFTER VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO GEAR STRUT AND A MINOR SURFACE SKIN DAMAGE. RE-EXAMINATION OF CFI BRIAN WALLACE CONDUCTED 07/26/94; NO DEFICIENCIES NOTED. THIS INCIDENT 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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