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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172E · New Holland, OH · August 16, 2014

Date
August 16, 2014 · 15:00 local
Place
New Holland, OH
Airport
Private Strip
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3892S
Reported as
Cessna 172E
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
904 total857 in this make and model15 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.

Aircraft landed on a grass private field at pilot's residence. Aircraft departed the 3000 foot runway, through a soy bean field and into a ditch. The aircraft's propeller made contact with the elevated portion of the ditch, the nose gear was sheared at the lower shock strut, both (l&r) aft engine mounts broke, and the right wing outboard section sustained damage. The pilot indicated he wasn't used to flying with "heavy work boots" and feels when he applied the brakes, the right brake pedal was not fully engaged because his boot may have been contacting the side carpet area. Asymmetric braking caused him to veer to the left and off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A GRASS PRIVATE FIELD AT PILOT'S RESIDENCE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE 3000 FOOT RUNWAY, THROUGH A SOY BEAN FIELD AND INTO A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE ELEVATED PORTION OF THE DITCH, THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED AT THE LOWER SHOCK STRUT, BOTH (L&R) AFT ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE, AND THE RIGHT WING OUTBOARD SECTION SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE PILOT INDICATED HE WASN'T USED TO FLYING WITH "HEAVY WORK BOOTS" AND FEELS WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT FULLY ENGAGED BECAUSE HIS BOOT MAY HAVE BEEN CONTACTING THE SIDE CARPET AREA. ASYMMETRIC BRAKING CAUSED HIM TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE RUNWAY.