# Incident 20090331005549I: Cessna 172R, Danbury, CT, March 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2009, 11:57 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9715F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9715F) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 825 total, 816 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090331005549I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  DANBURY TOWER CLEARED N9715F TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35.  AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  THE AIRCAFT'S PROPELLER THEN CONTACTED AN ELEVATED TAXIWAY LIGHT.  ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE LEFT AILERON.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS:  WIND VARIABLE AT 7 KNOTS, SKY CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 9 DEG, DEW POINT 0, ALTIMETER SETTING 30.17 INCHES.

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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