# Incident 20160410006869I: Cessna 172S, St. Petersburg, FL, April 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2016, 11:44 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91PF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91PF) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160410006869I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 10, 2016 A CESSNA 172S LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (KSPG) IN ST. PETERSBURG, FL. THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS 090 AT 15 KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST FROM THE RIGHT AS HE WAS IN THE LANDING FLARE AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DRIFTING LEFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB AND HE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT THE REMAINING RUNWAY AND ABORTED THE GO-AROUND PROCEDURE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND BECAME STUCK IN THE SOFT GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OUT OF THE GRASS AND BACK TO THE FBO. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING.

## Other reports on N91PF (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20231110022239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231110022239A), Nov 10, 2023: Cessna 172S (N91PF), Sanford, FL, Destroyed. While practicing a touch and go, the aircraft lost power during departure roll and crashed off the departure end of runway 9L. Pilot states that nothing…
- [Incident 20200519006279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200519006279I), May 19, 2020: Cessna 172S (N91PF), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. While performing first solo flight, and trying to correct left drift of aircraft, student pilot upon landing applied brakes with only right tire on runway,…

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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