# Incident 20150407007229I: Cessna 172S, Blythe, CA, April 7, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Airport: Blythe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6192° N, 114.7169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLYTHE (BLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6192&lon=-114.7169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N293SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N293SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 42 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150407007229I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING CROSSWIND LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 26 AT BLYTHE AIRPORT, N293SP BEGAN TO VEER LEFT INTO THE WIND.  PIC ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER.  AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TIPPED FORWARD STRIKING THE PROPELLER.  PIC TAXIIED TO THE PARKING RAMP, SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE, INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, AND NOTIFIED THE FBO FROM WHOM HE RENTED THE AIRCRAFT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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