# Incident 19960307007819I: Cessna 172P, Wichita, KS, March 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1996, 17:25 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97515, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97515-2005-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960307007819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: CESSNA 172, N97515, LANDED ON 1R AT WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AT, OR ABOUT 2,000 REMAINING POINT OF 1R. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, IT STRUCK THE 2,000 REMAINING SIGN WITH THE LEFT WHEEL FAIRING. MR. OSCAR HOOD, PRIVATE PILOT NO. 282544575, WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON THIS FLIGHT. MR. HOOD HAD BEEN OUT IN THE WEST PRACTICE AREA AND RETURNED TO WICHITA MID-CONTINENT TO LAND. THE WIND WAS 360 AT 16 KG, GUSTS TO 20 KG AT THE TIME OF LANDING. HOWEVER, MR. HOOD SAID "HE COULD NOT BLAME THE WIND FOR HIS DEPARTING THE RUNWAY" AND THAT "A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT HIM WHEN HE PULLED BACK TO LAND ON THE ELEVATOR AND COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM GOING OFF THE RUNWAY."

## Other reports on N97515 (1)

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

- [Incident 19901103060579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901103060579I), Nov 3, 1990: Cessna 172P (N97515), Hutchinson, KS. VFR pilot lost in bad weather. Requested assistance and vectored to landing.

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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