# Incident 19970629027489I: Cessna 172N, Madison, WI, June 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane Co Regional-Truax Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1399° N, 89.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD (MSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1399&lon=-89.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6454J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970629027489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 29, 1997,AT 1030 CST A CESSNA 172,N6454J, VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 22 AT DANE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, MADISON, WI. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING "TOUCH AND GO'S" AND WAS ON HIS TAKE OFF ROLL WHEN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. AFTER EXITING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED TAXIWAY D, STRIKING THE TAXIWAY SIGN. THE STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A SOLO FLIGHT BY THE STUDENT, RANDALL J. PARR UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

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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