19991012030379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Buckeye, AZ · October 12, 1999

Date: October 12, 1999 · 11:00 local
Place: Buckeye, AZ
Airport: Buckeye Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N61620
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 45 total45 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N61620Registration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Cessna 172MS/N 17264680 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) Just after touch down at Buckeye airplane was hit by a crosswind gust from left that lifted the left main wheel off the ground. Worried that the plane would turn over and leveled the wings. This lifted the airplane off the ground and it bounced hard on landing again. Trying to keep the plane from being pushed off the right side of the runway and over controlled resulting in leaving the runway to the left. The prop was bent either on the bounce or leaving the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) JUST AFTER TOUCH DOWN AT BUCKEYE AIRPLANE WAS HIT BY A CROSSWIND GUST FROM LEFT THAT LIFTED THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL OFF THE GROUND. WORRIED THAT THE PLANE WOULD TURN OVER AND LEVELED THE WINGS. THIS LIFTED THE AIRPLANE OFF THE GROUND AND IT BOUNCED HARD ON LANDING AGAIN. TRYING TO KEEP THE PLANE FROM BEING PUSHED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND OVER CONTROLLED RESULTING IN LEAVING THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE PROP WAS BENT EITHER ON THE BOUNCE OR LEAVING THE RUNWAY.