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FAA incident report · Cessna 172B · Staples, MN · May 17, 2014

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Date
May 17, 2014 · 13:30 local
Place
Staples, MN
Airport
Staples Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8086X
Reported as
Cessna 172B
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
158 total158 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days
N8086XRegistered now · Cessna 172BS/N 17248586 · Built 1961Airframe modelCessna 172BEngine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot reported that he was attempting to land on runway 32 at saz. Just prior to touchdown a gust of wind pushed aircraft to the right and lifted the left wing with only the right main wheel contacting the runway. The aircraft then lifted off the runway a few feet and then came back down on the nose wheel and right main wheel and the propeller contacted the runway. The aircraft veered off the runway and the left main wheel struck a runway edge light. Aircraft came to a stop just off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32 AT SAZ. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN A GUST OF WIND PUSHED AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND LIFTED THE LEFT WING WITH ONLY THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY A FEW FEET AND THEN CAME BACK DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND RIGHT MAIN WHEEL AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP JUST OFF THE RUNWAY.