# Incident 20170816021189I: Cessna 172S, Norwood, MA, August 16, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2017, 08:53 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Airport: Norwood Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1905° N, 71.1729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORWOOD MEML (OWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1905&lon=-71.1729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2439Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2439Z) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170816021189I

## Narrative

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

CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 35, VEERED OFF RUNWAY, STRUCK TAXIWAY DELTA SIGN. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED AND DEPARTED. AIRCRAFT MADE TWO LOW PASSSES FOR OBSERVATION THEN MADE RIGHT TRAFFIC AND LANDED RUNWAY 35.

## Other reports on N2439Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20081117853169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081117853169A), Nov 17, 2008: Cessna 172S (N2439Z), Bedford, MA, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost control of aircraft in a crosswind during landing.

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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