# Incident 20050324004599I: Cessna 172M, Pontiac, MI, March 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2005, 15:07 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N755PR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N755PR) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050324004599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDING RWY 27 AT PTK, PILOT STATED HE WASN'T SURE IF HE LANDED NOSE FIRST OR ALL 3 GEAR TOGETHER, BUT AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. IT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY, STRUCK A SMALL SIGN, AND BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. PILOT DECIDED TO LET THE AIRCRAFT TAKE HIM WHERE IT WANTED, DUE TO CONCERN OF FLIPPING AIRCRAFT OVER. MINIMAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, LIMITED TO EXHAUST STACK, DENT IN LOWER COWLING NEAR EXHAUST STACK, AND TO UNDERSIDE OF RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEG.

## Other reports on N755PR (1)

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

- [Incident 20170610005279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170610005279I), Jun 10, 2017: Cessna 172M (N755PR), Waterford, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft was in the process of taking off when a bird was struck within 5 seconds of rotation at an altitude of 10-20 feet. Aborted takeoff was successfully…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.