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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Warren, MN · October 22, 2012

Date
October 22, 2012 · 15:00 local
Place
Warren, MN
Airport
Warren Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
OG5S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N556ND
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
86 total86 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.

Upon touchdown aircraft immediately was out of control sliding sideways to the left, right wing forward, ending up in a shallow ditch. Upon coming to rest in the ditch the prop struck soft dirt and the right wing came in contact with the ground. A runway light was broken by the belly of the aircraft as it slid by

As the FAA filed it

UPON TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY WAS OUT OF CONTROL SLIDING SIDEWAYS TO THE LEFT, RIGHT WING FORWARD, ENDING UP IN A SHALLOW DITCH. UPON COMING TO REST IN THE DITCH THE PROP STRUCK SOFT DIRT AND THE RIGHT WING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. A RUNWAY LIGHT WAS BROKEN BY THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT AS IT SLID BY