# Incident 20090531047539I: Cessna 172S, Kennesaw, GA, May 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2009, 18:45 local time
- Place: Kennesaw, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mc Collum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5339M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5339M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 96 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090531047539I

## Narrative

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

^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.

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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