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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · St Louis, MO · February 3, 2005

Date
February 3, 2005 · 16:37 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N52208
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
237 total237 in this make and model2 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.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted was performing touch and go's when, during the second landing, the aircraft began veering to the left and the pilot could not correct to the right. The aircraft departed the runway and came to rest in the grass. The pilot stated that he saw mud, ice, and some FOD on the runway and believes it jammed the left main landing gear tire. A visual inspection of both the main landing gear system and nose steering components revealed no evidence of debris or damage. A functional check of the main landing gear system, brakes, and steering components revealed no discrepancies. The airport maintenance report shows the runway to be free of snow and ice with only a small amount of mud which was deposited by the tow vehicle dispatched to recover the aircraft. No skid marks or other evidence of locked wheels or brakes was noted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S WHEN, DURING THE SECOND LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT COULD NOT CORRECT TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW MUD, ICE, AND SOME FOD ON THE RUNWAY AND BELIEVES IT JAMMED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF BOTH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND NOSE STEERING COMPONENTS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF DEBRIS OR DAMAGE. A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM, BRAKES, AND STEERING COMPONENTS REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES. THE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE REPORT SHOWS THE RUNWAY TO BE FREE OF SNOW AND ICE WITH ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF MUD WHICH WAS DEPOSITED BY THE TOW VEHICLE DISPATCHED TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT. NO SKID MARKS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF LOCKED WHEELS OR BRAKES WAS NOTED.