# Incident 20170910017779I: Cessna 172M, Kalamazoo, MI, September 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2017, 10:40 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Int'L
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2344° N, 85.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTL (AZO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2344&lon=-85.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13535, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13535) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170910017779I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER HE APPLIED POWER ON A TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF FROM RWY 17 THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER WITHOUT EFFECT AND STRUCK A RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING SIGN. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE INVOLVING THE PROPELLOR, LOWER COWLING, ALTERNATOR, BAFFELING, AND CARB AIR BOX. THERE WAS ALSO A DENT ON THE LEFT WING STRUT, LEFT AFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, RIGHT STABILZER AND ELEVATOR.

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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