# Incident 20050320014389I: Cessna 172N, Elkhart, IN, March 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2005, 17:30 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Elkhart Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7194° N, 86.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKHART MUNI (EKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-86.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739UM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739UM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 20 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050320014389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING TOUCH AND GO AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 9 TO THE LEFT STRUCK RUNWAY AND TAXI LIGHTS. CFI COUNSELED, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N739UM (1)

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

- [Incident 20000207023239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000207023239I), Feb 7, 2000: Cessna 172N (N739UM), Elkhart, IN, Minor damage. (-23)Student pilot lost directional control during landing and impatched snow bank on the left side of runway 3. The aircraft substained substantial damage to…

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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