# Accident 20100305028709A: Cessna 172N, Wappinger Falls, NY, March 5, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2010, 15:25 local time
- Place: Wappinger Falls, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6264° N, 73.8842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6264&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737HV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737HV) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 450 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100305028709A

## Narrative

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

ON 3/5/10, N737HV, FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED APPROXIMATELY 20' LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, IN SNOW/SOD, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 06 AT POU.UPON GROUND CONTACT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ITS LEFT WING CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  IN ADDITION, THE PROPELLOR STRUCK THE GROUND AND WAS BENT, AND THE R/H HORIZONTAL STAB OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE WAS DAMAGED.  IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT.

## 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 ERA10CA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA167), Mar 5, 2010: Cessna 172 (N737HV), Poughkeepsie, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare.

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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