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FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Kennesaw, GA · May 31, 2009

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Date
May 31, 2009 · 18:45 local
Place
Kennesaw, GA
Airport
Cobb County-Mc Collum Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5339M
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
96 total96 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days
N5339MRegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S9359 · Built 2003Airframe modelCessna 172SEngine modelLycoming IO-360-L2AReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Was performing a crosswind approach and landing in N5339M on rwy 27 at Cobb county airport-mccollum field (kryy) on 05/31/2009 at 18:45 local time. The winds were variable 300 to 360 at 8 knots. While crossing the threshold, he felt turbulence from the rock quarry on his right. He continued the approach after correcting for the crosswind. The left main gear touched down first and as the right main gear touched the right wing lifted severely from a wind gust and privacy data omitted attempted to correct by adding more right aileron and left rudder. As the right wing started coming down, the tail lifted and the aircraft went into a nose down, right wing low attitude. He tried to level N5339M and keep it on the runway by adding left aileron and rudder. As the airplane settled on the main gear he continued to bring it back toward the centerline. privacy data omitted Then taxied N5339M to the ramp. He was not aware of any damage until he saw the propeller tips bent during his postflight inspection.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING A CROSSWIND APPROACH AND LANDING IN N5339M ON RWY 27 AT COBB COUNTY AIRPORT-MCCOLLUM FIELD (KRYY) ON 05/31/2009 AT 18:45 LOCAL TIME. THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE 300 TO 360 AT 8 KNOTS. WHILE CROSSING THE THRESHOLD, HE FELT TURBULENCE FROM THE ROCK QUARRY ON HIS RIGHT. HE CONTINUED THE APPROACH AFTER CORRECTING FOR THE CROSSWIND. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST AND AS THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED THE RIGHT WING LIFTED SEVERELY FROM A WIND GUST AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY ADDING MORE RIGHT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER. AS THE RIGHT WING STARTED COMING DOWN, THE TAIL LIFTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A NOSE DOWN, RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE. HE TRIED TO LEVEL N5339M AND KEEP IT ON THE RUNWAY BY ADDING LEFT AILERON AND RUDDER. AS THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ON THE MAIN GEAR HE CONTINUED TO BRING IT BACK TOWARD THE CENTERLINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN TAXIED N5339M TO THE RAMP. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY DAMAGE UNTIL HE SAW THE PROPELLER TIPS BENT DURING HIS POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION.