# Incident 20110307007709I: Cessna 172H, Fort Pierce, FL, March 7, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2011, 13:15 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2717L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2717L-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,327 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110307007709I

## Narrative

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

THE PLT RPTD THAT THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST FROM THE RIGHT SIDE A FEW SECONDS AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RWY 32. THE GUST LIFTED THE TAIL, AND HE APPLIED POWER AND RIGHT RUDDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT DEPARTED THE RWY BRIEFLY BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND GET IT BACK ON THE RWY.THE PLT WAS ASKED IF HE OBSVD ANY OTHER ACFT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY THAT MIGHT HAVE CREATED PROP WASH OR JET BLAST ACROSS THE RWY AS HE LANDED. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT OBSERVE ANY SUCH ACFT.NOAA NCDC CLIMATE DATA FOR FPR ON 3/7/2011 INDICATES THAT WIND CONDITIONS AROUND THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE  FROM 010 DEG AT 9 MPH, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 17 MPH.POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS AND THE LEFT WING TIP FAIRING INDICATIVE OF CONTACT WITH THE PAVED RWY.

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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