20041214034679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525 · Wooster, OH · December 14, 2004

Date: December 14, 2004 · 13:30 local
Place: Wooster, OH
Airport: Wayne County Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N177JF
Reported as: Cessna 525
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total400 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N177JFRegistered now · Cessna 177BS/N 17702259 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 177B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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) On a normal approach to landing to the west off of the GPS arrival, the pilot noticed the snow had been plowed. He focused on the size and location of the snow banks thinking that he was going to damage his flaps upon landing if they hit. After landing, the pilot noticed he was in fact in the grass area between the runway and taxiway and in an attempt to correct, the left tire momentarily rode onto the taxiway and then back into the grass. The aircraft came to rest facing north between the runway and taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING TO THE WEST OFF OF THE GPS ARRIVAL, THE PILOT NOTICED THE SNOW HAD BEEN PLOWED. HE FOCUSED ON THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF THE SNOW BANKS THINKING THAT HE WAS GOING TO DAMAGE HIS FLAPS UPON LANDING IF THEY HIT. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED HE WAS IN FACT IN THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT, THE LEFT TIRE MOMENTARILY RODE ONTO THE TAXIWAY AND THEN BACK INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING NORTH BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.