# Incident 20170930014239I: Cessna 172L, Dover, DE, September 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2017, 10:22 local time
- Place: Dover, DE
- Airport: Chandelle Estates Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1606° N, 75.5217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dover, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1606&lon=-75.5217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3984Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3984Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 231 total, 231 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170930014239I

## Narrative

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

CE-172-L, S/N 17260084, N3984Q, OVERSHOT RUNWAY 22 DURING A LANDING ATTEMPT AT CHANDELLE ESTATES AIRPORT, DE (0N4).  THE PIC SUBSEQUENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST ON A HIGHWAY OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, PROPELLER, AND NOSE GEAR.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PIC AND PASSENGER.  MINOR PROPELLER STRIKE DAMAGE EVIDENT ON ASPHALT OF HIGHWAY (ROUTE 9).

THE PIC LANDED AIRCRAFT N3984Q ON A 2533 X 28 FT. RUNWAY WITH A DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF 538 FT., WITH REPORTED WIND DIRECTION/SPEEDS OF 310 DEGREES AND 27 KNOTS, GUSTS TO 27 KNOTS.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY; THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A SKID WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED; WIND GUSTS CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO LIFT WHICH REDUCED BRAKE CONTROL; AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY, MADE CONTACT WITH A DITCH, AND CAME TO A STOP ON A HIGHWAY (ROUTE 9) IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DITCH.

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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