# Incident 20110331006899I: Cessna 172S, Marina, CA, March 31, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2011, 17:15 local time
- Place: Marina, CA
- Airport: Marina Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6815° N, 121.7617° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARINA MUNI (OAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6815&lon=-121.7617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1438H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1438H-2012-05-09) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110331006899I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S, THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 26 AND APPLIED POWER TO BEGIN ANOTHER TAKEOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT SO HE PULLED BACK ON THE POWER BUT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT AND RUNWAY SIGN.

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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