# Accident 20110828021389A: Cessna 172M, Plymouth, MI, August 28, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2011, 21:30 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MI
- Airport: Canton-Plymouth-Mettetal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3481° N, 83.4564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3481&lon=-83.4564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172LD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172LD-2017-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 316 total, 316 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA604](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA604) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110828021389A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED TVC @ APPROX, 1930L ON 8/28 AND ARRIVED AT 1D2 APPROX. 2130L, LANDING RNWY 36. THE PILOT STATED MOMENTS FROM TOUCHDOWN, A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT HIM AND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE WEST. HE TRIED TO STABILIZE AND ADDED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A DITCH, DAMAGING THE LEFT WING, AND BREAKING OFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, APPROXIMATELY 710 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 100 FT, WEST OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, WITH THE AIRCRAFT FACING EAST.PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE T HANGARS AND THAT THEY HELPED HIM MOVE THE AIRCRAFT, DUE TO THE FACT IT WAS LEAKING FUEL. PILOT CONTACTED FSS AT APPROX. 0000L TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT.WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS:2011-08-29 00:56:26, KYIP 290053Z 34006KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP1232011-08-29 00:56:27, KDTW 290053Z 36005KT 10SM FEW065 19/07 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP121EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT PATH INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GRASS WEST OF THE RUNWAY BETWEEN THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELED TOWARDS THE RUNWAY THROUGH THE GRASS.A CFI THAT HAD LANDED SHORTLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE RELATIVELY CALM AND HE OBSERVED NO WIND GUSTS.THE ACCIDENT PILOT'S WIFE WAS WAITING AT THE AIRPORT TO PICK UP HIM UP, SHE DID NOT SEE THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN, BUT WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT SHE COMMENTED THAT THERE WAS BATS FLYING AROUND AND INDICATED THAT THE WIND SOCK WAS HANGING LIMP.

## 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 CEN11CA604](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA604), Aug 29, 2011: Cessna 172M (N172LD), Plymouth, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to perform a go-around when the airplane was not in a position to make a safe landing and his excessive use of bank control during the landing attempt, which resulted in the wing…

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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