# Accident 20081221856119A: Cessna 172N, Corning, NY, December 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2008, 15:15 local time
- Place: Corning, NY
- Airport: Corning-Painted Post
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1767° N, 77.1200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1767&lon=-77.1200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6621D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6621D) (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 O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,617 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081221856119A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/21/08 CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT TO STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN AIRCRAFT N6621D, A CESSNA, CE-172N, S/N 17272908, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  AFTER TAKING OFF FROM THE CORNING/PAINTED POST AIRPORT, NY (7N1) AT APPROXIMATELY 1500L AND PRACTISING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT ELMIRA AIRPORT, NY (ELM), THEY RETURNED TO 7N1.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1600L, THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AT 7N1 WHEN, UPON TOUCHDOWN, A SEVERE CROSSWIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING, WHICH MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD MISTAKENLY APPLIED RIGHT AILERON AND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NEARLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY, AND THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE SNOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 32.  CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK THE CONTROLS BUT UNABLE TO ADD POWER OR RETURN TO THE RUNWAY, HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY IN ABOUT 10 INCHES OF SNOW.  THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY EITHER PILOT.

## 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 ERA09CA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA103), Dec 21, 2008: Cessna 172 (N6621D), Corning, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident were the gusty wind conditions and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

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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