# Accident 20050718015699A: Cessna 172P, Savannah, GA, July 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2005, 11:45 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 32.1275° N, 81.2022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1275&lon=-81.2022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5299K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5299K-2011-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 40 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050718015699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 18, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1539Z, A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA 172-P, N5299K, ENROUTE FROM SFB TO SAV PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 36. AT APPROXIMATELY 1545Z DURING LANDING THE PIC FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT TOUCHDOWN RESULTING IN THE RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 36. THE PIC WAS NOT INJURED. OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, RIGHT WING FORWARD SPAR DAMAGE NEAR WING TIP, PROPELLER DAMAGE, FIREWALL WAS DAMAGED WHERE NOSE GEAR ATTACHES TO FIREWALL, AND RIGHT WING UPPER SKIN TRAILING EDGE NEAR WING ROUTE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL05CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA132), Jul 18, 2005: Cessna 172P (N5299K), Savannah, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing roll out resulting in a ground loop, and on ground collision of the right wing with the ground.

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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