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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Grand Forks, ND · July 18, 2012

Date
July 18, 2012 · 20:40 local
Place
Grand Forks, ND
Airport
Grand Forks
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
OG5S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N523ND
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
87 total87 in this make and model56 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During landing the pilot lost control of the aircraft, departed to the left side of the runway and struck a runway identifcation sign. Sign was dislodged from mounting and broken. Aircraft prop and left main gear received slight damage. Pilot was the sole occupant and was unijured. Pilots statement indcated wind gusts may have been an agrevating factor.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY IDENTIFCATION SIGN. SIGN WAS DISLODGED FROM MOUNTING AND BROKEN. AIRCRAFT PROP AND LEFT MAIN GEAR RECEIVED SLIGHT DAMAGE. PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS UNIJURED. PILOTS STATEMENT INDCATED WIND GUSTS MAY HAVE BEEN AN AGREVATING FACTOR.