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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Indianapolis, IN · October 14, 2007

Date
October 14, 2007 · 12:55 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Mount Comfort
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63419
Reported as
Cessna 172R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
125 total112 in this make and model7 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) On October 14, 2007, at approximately 12:55 local time, a 2004 Cessna 172-R, N63419, attempting to land at the Mount Comfort Airport located in green field, Indiana, ran off the left side of runway 25. The pilot-in-command and lone occupant was privacy data omitted. The pilot privacy data omitted states that while on a base leg for runway 25, he received an AWOS weather briefing that reported the winds to be 160 degrees at 4 knots. The calm wind runway, known to local pilots, is runway 25 and thus was used even though the airport has a runway that would have been directly into the wind (16/34). After the aircraft landed on its main gear left of the centerline, the nose gear touched down and veered to the left due to improper pressure being applied to the left rudder. The pilot taxied the aircraft to the ramp where he observed damage to the propeller, as it had suffered a "prop strike" as the aircraft left the runway. There was no damage to the airport property.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 14, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:55 LOCAL TIME, A 2004 CESSNA 172-R, N63419, ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE MOUNT COMFORT AIRPORT LOCATED IN GREEN FIELD, INDIANA, RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 25. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND LONE OCCUPANT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT WHILE ON A BASE LEG FOR RUNWAY 25, HE RECEIVED AN AWOS WEATHER BRIEFING THAT REPORTED THE WINDS TO BE 160 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS. THE CALM WIND RUNWAY, KNOWN TO LOCAL PILOTS, IS RUNWAY 25 AND THUS WAS USED EVEN THOUGH THE AIRPORT HAS A RUNWAY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY INTO THE WIND (16/34). AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS MAIN GEAR LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE, THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND VEERED TO THE LEFT DUE TO IMPROPER PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO THE LEFT RUDDER. THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP WHERE HE OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, AS IT HAD SUFFERED A "PROP STRIKE" AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.