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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Springfield, IL · February 28, 1997

Date: February 28, 1997 · 14:15 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6105J
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 78 total11 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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.

Narrative: during landing roll, the airman lost directional control of the aircraft. The aircraft departed the left side of the runway encountering muddy sod causing the aircraft propeller to strike the ground through three revolutions. The aircraft then crossed a taxiway, subsequently coming to rest on a service road. The pilot-in-command, the sole occupant, received no injuries. An inspection of the aircraft revealed no apparent damage. No damage occurred to airport property. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING LANDING ROLL, THE AIRMAN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ENCOUNTERING MUDDY SOD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND THROUGH THREE REVOLUTIONS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CROSSED A TAXIWAY, SUBSEQUENTLY COMING TO REST ON A SERVICE ROAD. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED NO INJURIES. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO APPARENT DAMAGE. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO AIRPORT PROPERTY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.