# Incident 20071014831119I: Cessna 172R, Indianapolis, IN, October 14, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2007, 12:55 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Mount Comfort
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63419, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63419) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 112 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071014831119I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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