# Incident 20040228004259I: Cessna 172M, Mesa, AZ, February 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2004, 08:33 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61823, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61823-2015-06-02) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 6 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040228004259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH & GOES ON RY-22 @ FFZ, THE PILOT TOUCHED THE RUNWAY ON HIS THIRD T&G. THAN AS HE POWERED "UP" HE FOUND THAT THE A/C HAD DRIFTED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND QUICKLY, PLACING THE L/H MAIN WHEEL IN THE DIRT TO THE LEFT AND THE R/H MAIN WHEEL CONTACTING A RUNWAY SIGN AND LIGHT. THE A/C SUSTAINED ONLY A DENTED UPPER FAIRING ON THE R/H MAIN GEAR STRUT AND A MUDDY L/H MAIN WHEEL. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT AND NO POST-INCIDENT FIRE.

## Other reports on N61823 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020621015429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020621015429I), Jun 21, 2002: Cessna 172M (N61823), Showlow, AZ. (-23) Prior to departing on flight pilot obtained computer weather briefing but did not request fdc NOTAMS. During flight pilot entered fire fighting…

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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