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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Grand Forks, ND · October 22, 2014

Date
October 22, 2014 · 08:25 local
Place
Grand Forks, ND
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
OG5S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N520ND
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot

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 was in the pattern for practice takeoffs and landings on runway 17L. Weather was VMC and runway was wet. The student was on the controls and flared a little high and was drifting off the centerline due to a crosswind. The student made a smooth touchdown. The flight instructor stated that soon as the touchdown occurred the student applied excessive braking and had took control of the aircraft. The flight instructor stated he applied left rudder slightly to "prevent ground looping." He stated he was looking straight ahead as the aircraft drifted to the right and the right main gear went into the grass where by the the slope of the terrain prevented any further left application of flight controls without structural contact with the ground. The aircraft came to rest and the prop made contact with the surface. Emergency shutdown was performed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE PATTERN FOR PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 17L. WEATHER WAS VMC AND RUNWAY WAS WET. THE STUDENT WAS ON THE CONTROLS AND FLARED A LITTLE HIGH AND WAS DRIFTING OFF THE CENTERLINE DUE TO A CROSSWIND. THE STUDENT MADE A SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT SOON AS THE TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED THE STUDENT APPLIED EXCESSIVE BRAKING AND HAD TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER SLIGHTLY TO "PREVENT GROUND LOOPING." HE STATED HE WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD AS THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WENT INTO THE GRASS WHERE BY THE THE SLOPE OF THE TERRAIN PREVENTED ANY FURTHER LEFT APPLICATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS WITHOUT STRUCTURAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AND THE PROP MADE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE. EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN WAS PERFORMED.